On 2014-09-17 14:56:42 -0700, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > Looking at exec_parse_message, empty input string is allowed for a
> > cached plan (16503e6f). This solution would break client
> > applications/drivers using the extending query protocol and relying on
> > this behavior. This EmptyStmt approach sounds like a good option.
>
> Yeah, on second thought I have doubts about the throw-error approach too.
> We've allowed this historically for a very long time, so I'm afraid we'd
> get a lot of pushback if we change the external behavior now.
I have a hard time believing this. Are we really believing that there's
a significant number of clients preparing whitespace?
We imo should at least change it in master. Unless I miss something
there's really no reason for allowing it.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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