SPI_PREPARE_PARAMS(3)

✨ SPI_PREPARE_PARAMS ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this is SPI_prepare_params from the PostgreSQL 18.6 docs 💖 it lives in the SPI_PREPARE_PARAMS(3) manual section and it's giving "prepared statement, but make it customizable" energy. no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

SPIPlanPtr SPI_prepare_params(const char * command,
                              ParserSetupHook parserSetup,
                              void * parserSetupArg,
                              int cursorOptions)

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so what does it DO. SPI_prepare_params literally creates and returns a prepared statement for the command you hand it, but — and this is the important part — it does not execute that command. nope. it just sets it up and hands it back to you like "here u go, run it whenever 🫶".

it's equivalent to SPI_prepare_cursor, with one extra lil glow-up: the caller can specify parser hook functions to control how external parameter references get parsed. that's the whole vibe. parser hooks = your custom say in the parsing. iconic.

🚨 okay so real talk: this function is now deprecated in favor of SPI_prepare_extended. so like, if you're writing fresh code... maybe don't. iykyk. 💀

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• const char * command — the command string, bestie. just the SQL you wanna prepare. nothing more, nothing less. ⭐
• ParserSetupHook parserSetup — the parser hook setup function 🌈 this is your little custom-parsing moment.
• void * parserSetupArg — a pass-through argument for parserSetup. it just gets carried along for the ride 🦋
• int cursorOptions — an integer bit mask of cursor options ✨ and listen: zero produces default behavior. so if you want the normal, no-frills vibe, just pass 0 and move on 💜

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

SPI_prepare_params has the same return conventions as SPI_prepare. that's the tea. go check that one for the deets, because the rules are identical fr fr 🙈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 this was SPI_prepare_params from the PostgreSQL 18.6 Documentation, dated 2026, living its life in manual section SPI_PREPARE_PARAMS(3). go prepare something cute (but maybe use SPI_prepare_extended instead, no pressure 💅✨). bye babes 🎀🦋🌸