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>pg_sendquery</H1
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>pg_sendquery -- Send query asynchronously</DIV
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>pg_sendquery <VAR
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>conn</VAR
> <VAR
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>commandString</VAR
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><CODE
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> sends a command to the database and
returns immediately, without waiting for the command to complete and
without providing a result handle.
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> The handle of the connection on which to execute the command.
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> The SQL command to execute.
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> None.
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> A Tcl error will be thrown if an error occurs.
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>This command is part of a new Tcl interface to asynchronous query
processing capabilities, and should be considered experimental.
The command may change and backwards compatibility is not assured.
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