Query
Query is a frontend protocol message. Identifies the message as a simple query.
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- Direction
- Frontend → backend
- First wire field
- Byte1('Q')
- Field entries
- 3
- Documented flow contexts
- Simple Query; Multiple Statements in a Simple Query; Extended Query; COPY Operations
- direction
- F
- fields
- map[description:Identifies the message as a simple query. format:Byte1('Q')], map[description:Length of message contents in bytes, including self. format:Int32], map[description:The query string itself. format:String]
- manual path
- /docs/18/protocol-message-formats.html
- signature
- Query (F)
Definition PG 18
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- Byte1('Q')
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Identifies the message as a simple query.
- Int32
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Length of message contents in bytes, including self.
- String
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The query string itself.
Wire fields in documented order
| Position | Format | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byte1('Q') | Identifies the message as a simple query. |
| 2 | Int32 | Length of message contents in bytes, including self. |
| 3 | String | The query string itself. |
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Definition sources
center · PostgreSQL 18 · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f
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