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@@ -135,9 +135,35 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>-r <replaceable>option</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Selects a run-time behavior. Currently,
- <replaceable>option</replaceable> can only be
- <literal>no_indicator</literal>.
+ Selects run-time behavior. <replaceable>Option</replaceable> can be
+ one of the following:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>no_indicator</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not use indicators but instead use special values to represent
+ NULLs. Historically there have been databases using this approach.
+ </para>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>prepare</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Prepare all statements before using them. Libecpg will keep a cache of
+ prepared statments and reuse a statement if it gets executed again. If the
+ cache runs full, libecpg will free the least used statement.
+ </para>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>questionmarks</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allow questionmark as placeholder for compatibility reasons.
+ This used to be the default long ago.
+ </para>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>