Execute
Execute is a frontend protocol message. Identifies the message as an Execute command.
Reading PG 18·Select a recorded version
- Direction
- Frontend → backend
- First wire field
- Byte1('E')
- Field entries
- 4
- Documented flow contexts
- Extended Query; Function Call; COPY Operations
- direction
- F
- manual path
- /docs/18/protocol-message-formats.html
- signature
- Execute (F)
Definition PG 18
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- Byte1('E')
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Identifies the message as an Execute command.
- Int32
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Length of message contents in bytes, including self.
- String
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The name of the portal to execute (an empty string selects the unnamed portal).
- Int32
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Maximum number of rows to return, if portal contains a query that returns rows (ignored otherwise). Zero denotes “no limit”.
Wire fields in documented order
| Position | Format | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byte1('E') | Identifies the message as an Execute command. |
| 2 | Int32 | Length of message contents in bytes, including self. |
| 3 | String | The name of the portal to execute (an empty string selects the unnamed portal). |
| 4 | Int32 | Maximum number of rows to return, if portal contains a query that returns rows (ignored otherwise). Zero denotes “ no limit ” . |
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map[description:Identifies the message as an Execute command. format:Byte1('E')], map[description:Length of message contents in bytes, including self. format:Int32], map[description:The name of the portal to execute (an empty string selects the unnamed portal). format:String], map[description:Maximum number of rows to return, if portal contains a query that returns rows (ignored otherwise). Zero denotes “ no limit ” . format:Int32]Source references
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Definition sources
center · PostgreSQL 18 · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f
Text language: en · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f