maybe?

Author: alxndrsn

docs/pages/apis/client.mdx

@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ type QueryConfig {
 
   // custom type parsers just for this query result
   types?: Types;
+
+  // force extended query usage - prevents multiple statements in a
+  // single query
+  forcePreparation?: boolean;
 }
 ```
 

packages/pg/lib/native/query.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var NativeQuery = (module.exports = function (config, values, callback) {
   this.text = config.text
   this.values = config.values
   this.name = config.name
+  this.forcePreparation = config.forcePreparation
   this.callback = config.callback
   this.state = 'new'
   this._arrayMode = config.rowMode === 'array'
@@ -159,6 +160,8 @@ NativeQuery.prototype.submit = function (client) {
     }
     var vals = this.values.map(utils.prepareValue)
     client.native.query(this.text, vals, after)
+  } else if (this.forcePreparation) {
+    client.native.query(this.text, [], after)
   } else {
     client.native.query(this.text, after)
   }

packages/pg/lib/query.js

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Query extends EventEmitter {
     this.rows = config.rows
     this.types = config.types
     this.name = config.name
+    this.forcePreparation = config.forcePreparation
     this.binary = config.binary
     // use unique portal name each time
     this.portal = config.portal || ''
@@ -32,6 +33,11 @@ class Query extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   requiresPreparation() {
+    // preparation has been requested
+    if (this.forcePreparation) {
+      return true
+    }
+
     // named queries must always be prepared
     if (this.name) {
       return true