Re: Binary tx format for an array?

[Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Mark Lewis wrote:

> As far as I can tell from reading the JDBC CVS code, the sequence for
> preparing and executing a statement for the first time is:
>
> PREPARE            (name=my_statement)
> DESCRIBE STATEMENT (name=my_statement)
> SYNC/FLUSH
> Read Responses
>
> BIND               (portal=my_portal)
> DESCRIBE PORTAL    (name=my_portal)
> EXECUTE            (portal=my_portal)
> SYNC/FLUSH
> Read Responses

Nope. There is no Sync in the middle there.  The driver sends Parse, 
Describe Statement, Bind, Execute, Sync all at once.  You may be confused 
by the driver's ability to Parse/Describe/Sync a query to implement 
ParameterMetaData, but that's an unusual operation, not the normal path.

Kris Jurka