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3 int SPI_execute_plan(SPIPlanPtr <em class="parameter"><code>plan</code></em>, Datum * <em class="parameter"><code>values</code></em>, const char * <em class="parameter"><code>nulls</code></em>,
4 bool <em class="parameter"><code>read_only</code></em>, long <em class="parameter"><code>count</code></em>)
5 </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.8.12.8.15.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
6 <code class="function">SPI_execute_plan</code> executes a statement prepared by
7 <code class="function">SPI_prepare</code> or one of its siblings.
8 <em class="parameter"><code>read_only</code></em> and
9 <em class="parameter"><code>count</code></em> have the same interpretation as in
10 <code class="function">SPI_execute</code>.
11 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.8.12.8.15.6"><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">SPIPlanPtr <em class="parameter"><code>plan</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
12 prepared statement (returned by <code class="function">SPI_prepare</code>)
13 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">Datum * <em class="parameter"><code>values</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
14 An array of actual parameter values. Must have same length as the
15 statement's number of arguments.
16 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">const char * <em class="parameter"><code>nulls</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
17 An array describing which parameters are null. Must have same length as
18 the statement's number of arguments.
20 If <em class="parameter"><code>nulls</code></em> is <code class="symbol">NULL</code> then
21 <code class="function">SPI_execute_plan</code> assumes that no parameters
22 are null. Otherwise, each entry of the <em class="parameter"><code>nulls</code></em>
23 array should be <code class="literal">' '</code> if the corresponding parameter
24 value is non-null, or <code class="literal">'n'</code> if the corresponding parameter
25 value is null. (In the latter case, the actual value in the
26 corresponding <em class="parameter"><code>values</code></em> entry doesn't matter.) Note
27 that <em class="parameter"><code>nulls</code></em> is not a text string, just an array:
28 it does not need a <code class="literal">'\0'</code> terminator.
29 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">bool <em class="parameter"><code>read_only</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p><code class="literal">true</code> for read-only execution</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">long <em class="parameter"><code>count</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
30 maximum number of rows to return,
31 or <code class="literal">0</code> for no limit
32 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.8.12.8.15.7"><h2>Return Value</h2><p>
33 The return value is the same as for <code class="function">SPI_execute</code>,
34 with the following additional possible error (negative) results:
36 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="symbol">SPI_ERROR_ARGUMENT</code></span></dt><dd><p>
37 if <em class="parameter"><code>plan</code></em> is <code class="symbol">NULL</code> or invalid,
38 or <em class="parameter"><code>count</code></em> is less than 0
39 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="symbol">SPI_ERROR_PARAM</code></span></dt><dd><p>
40 if <em class="parameter"><code>values</code></em> is <code class="symbol">NULL</code> and
41 <em class="parameter"><code>plan</code></em> was prepared with some parameters
42 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
44 <code class="varname">SPI_processed</code> and
45 <code class="varname">SPI_tuptable</code> are set as in
46 <code class="function">SPI_execute</code> if successful.
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