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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Igor Korot <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Double prepare
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 09:46:27 -0400
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Igor Korot <[email protected]> writes:
> Is there a way to see if the query has been prepared already (in libpq)?

Use the pg_prepared_statements view.  I don't think libpq keeps any
client-side state about this.

> Or is it better to run PQprepare for all known parameterized queries
> in the very beginning of the program and just execute them when needed?

Very probably.  Querying pg_prepared_statements every time would be
expensive.

			regards, tom lane

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