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
>