SPI_GETARGCOUNT(3)

✨ SPI_getargcount 💅

okay bestie, so this one is from the PostgreSQL 15.19 docs and it's literally the glow-up guide to figuring out how many arguments your prepared statement is hungry for 🍓 no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SPI_getargcount — returns the number of arguments needed by a statement prepared by SPI_prepare 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int SPI_getargcount(SPIPlanPtr plan)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so SPI_getargcount is the main character here 👑 it returns the number of arguments you need in order to execute a statement that was prepared by SPI_prepare. that's it, that's the vibe check, and it ate ✨

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• SPIPlanPtr plan — the prepared statement (the one SPI_prepare handed back to you, bestie 🫶)

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

the count of expected arguments for the plan, periodt 💅

but heads up — if the plan is NULL or invalid, SPI_result gets set to SPI_ERROR_ARGUMENT and -1 is returned 😭 so like, check your plan first, fr fr.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

hmm, there's nothing else listed down here, so that's a wrap bestie 💀

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and that's the whole page! this little icon dropped in the PostgreSQL 15.19 docs, dated 2026, and she's out here serving SPI_GETARGCOUNT(3) realness 🎀✨