I create my prepared statement as:
pg_prepare('stm_name', 'SELECT ...');
Today, I had a problem (calling twice a function for mistake) when declaring a prepared statement with the same name twice:
Warning: pg_prepare() [function.pg-prepare]: Query failed: ERROR: prepared statement "insert_av" already exists in xxx on line 221
So, as the question title, there is a way to check if a prepare statement with the same label already exists, and in case, overwrite it?
I know this error is from my mistake and will be solved by simply declaring the prepared statements at the begin of my code, but I'm wondering if there is a solution to have more control over them.
EDIT:
After the Milen answer, is quite simply to check if the prepared statement is already in use, simply querying the db for the table pg_prepared_statements:
try{
$qrParamExist = pg_query_params("SELECT name FROM pg_prepared_statements WHERE name = $1", array($prepared_statement_name));
if($qrParamExist){
if(pg_num_rows($qrParamExist) != 0){
echo 'parametized statement already created';
}else{
echo 'parametized statement not present';
}
}else{
throw new Exception('Unable to query the database.');
}
}catch(Exception $e){
echo $e->getMessage();
}
But, I don't think this is a good solution, because i have to query the database every time.
Ok, usually the prepared statements are declared in the begin of the script and then just reused, but, I have a class nicely wired and I don't like to declare 10 prepared statements when I'll use just 3 of them.
So, I think I'll use a simple PHP array to keep track the statements I create, and then with isset()
function check if it exists or needs to be created:
try{
$prepare = pg_prepare('my_stmt_name', "SELECT ...");
if($prepare){
$this->rayPrepared['my_stmt_name'] = true;
}else{
throw new Exception('Prepared statement failed.');
}
}catch(Exception $e){
echo $e->getMessage();
}