SPI_GETARGCOUNT(3)

✨ SPI_GETARGCOUNT ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for SPI_getargcount, part of the PostgreSQL 18.6 docs 💖 this one's a lil cutie — it's a server programming interface (SPI) function, and honestly? it's giving "small but crucial" energy 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SPI_getargcount — returns the number of arguments that a statement prepared by SPI_prepare needs 💅

like, you made a plan, and now you're standing there like "how many lil argument slots does this thing want from me?" and this function is the one that tells you. no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int SPI_getargcount(SPIPlanPtr plan)

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

SPI_getargcount returns the number of arguments needed to execute a statement that was prepared by SPI_prepare ✨

that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's a counter, it's a bestie, it's lowkey doing the most important little job 🫶

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🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• SPIPlanPtr plan — the prepared statement, aka the thing that got returned by SPI_prepare 👑

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

the count of expected arguments for the plan, periodt 💅

but listen — if the plan is NULL or invalid, SPI_result gets set to SPI_ERROR_ARGUMENT and -1 is returned 😭 so pls check your plan before you come crying to me, bestie.

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and that's the whole page, no notes 🧚

source + version check: this is from PostgreSQL 18.6, dated 2026 — mwah, iconic, ate 💖✨👑