Re: Patch for bind message regarding the number of parameters and result column format codes
Austin Bonander <austin.bonander@gmail.com>
From: Austin Bonander <austin.bonander@gmail.com>
To: Dave Cramer <davecramer@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-05-21T01:20:48Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
I appreciate the follow-up, Dave. I hope this lands as-is, but for context here is the old thread I found that suggested that the full document should be audited and disambiguated for signed/unsigned: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20120901160523.GD2969%40momjian.us Given the additional effort required, I can understand why this was left unresolved for so long. On Wed, May 20, 2026, 18:12 Dave Cramer <davecramer@gmail.com> wrote: > While talking to Austin he noted that the docs for the number of > parameters is actually an unsigned integer. > > This patch corrects that. > > See > > 1. Parameter format codes count (line 4323) — read at postgres.c:1725 > 2. Parameter values count (line 4348) — read at postgres.c:1734 > 3. Result-column format codes count (line 4396) — read at postgres.c:2017 > > Dave Cramer >