Parse

Parse is a frontend protocol message. Identifies the message as a Parse command.

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Direction: Frontend → backend
First wire field: Byte1('P')
Field entries: 6
Documented flow contexts: Extended Query
direction: F
manual path: /docs/18/protocol-message-formats.html
signature: Parse (F)

Definition PG 18

Byte1('P'): Identifies the message as a Parse command.
Int32: Length of message contents in bytes, including self.
String: The name of the destination prepared statement (an empty string selects the unnamed prepared statement).
String: The query string to be parsed.
Int16: The number of parameter data types specified (can be zero). Note that this is not an indication of the number of parameters that might appear in the query string, only the number that the frontend wants to prespecify types for.

Then, for each parameter, there is the following:

Int32: Specifies the object ID of the parameter data type. Placing a zero here is equivalent to leaving the type unspecified.

Wire fields in documented order

Position	Format	Meaning
1	Byte1('P')	Identifies the message as a Parse command.
2	Int32	Length of message contents in bytes, including self.
3	String	The name of the destination prepared statement (an empty string selects the unnamed prepared statement).
4	String	The query string to be parsed.
5	Int16	The number of parameter data types specified (can be zero). Note that this is not an indication of the number of parameters that might appear in the query string, only the number that the frontend wants to prespecify types for.
6	Int32	Specifies the object ID of the parameter data type. Placing a zero here is equivalent to leaving the type unspecified.

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map[description:Identifies the message as a Parse command. format:Byte1('P')], map[description:Length of message contents in bytes, including self. format:Int32], map[description:The name of the destination prepared statement (an empty string selects the unnamed prepared statement). format:String], map[description:The query string to be parsed. format:String], map[description:The number of parameter data types specified (can be zero). Note that this is not an indication of the number of parameters that might appear in the query string, only the number that the frontend wants to prespecify types for. format:Int16], map[description:Specifies the object ID of the parameter data type. Placing a zero here is equivalent to leaving the type unspecified. format:Int32]

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