diff --git a/postgres/src/config.rs b/postgres/src/config.rs
index 069f89f4..3c29e6d5 100644
--- a/postgres/src/config.rs
+++ b/postgres/src/config.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use core::{fmt, iter, mem, str};
 
 use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
-    error,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
@@ -326,28 +325,6 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Config {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct UnknownOption(String);
-
-impl fmt::Display for UnknownOption {
-    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(fmt, "unknown option `{}`", self.0)
-    }
-}
-
-impl error::Error for UnknownOption {}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct InvalidValue(&'static str);
-
-impl fmt::Display for InvalidValue {
-    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(fmt, "invalid value for option `{}`", self.0)
-    }
-}
-
-impl error::Error for InvalidValue {}
-
 struct Parser<'a> {
     s: &'a str,
     it: iter::Peekable<str::CharIndices<'a>>,
diff --git a/postgres/src/pipeline.rs b/postgres/src/pipeline.rs
index 2e2da394..44b5fa6f 100644
--- a/postgres/src/pipeline.rs
+++ b/postgres/src/pipeline.rs
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@ impl Pipeline<'_, true> {
     ///
     /// [libpq_link]: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-pipeline-mode.html
     pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            columns: VecDeque::new(),
-            buf: BytesMut::new(),
-        }
+        Self::with_capacity(0)
     }
 }
 
@@ -85,8 +82,18 @@ impl Pipeline<'_, false> {
     /// of socket syscall is needed.
     #[inline]
     pub fn unsync() -> Self {
+        Self::with_capacity(0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<const SYNC_MODE: bool> Pipeline<'_, SYNC_MODE> {
+    /// start a new pipeline with given capacity.
+    /// capacity represent how many queries will be contained by a single pipeline. a determined cap
+    /// can possibly reduce memory reallocation when constructing the pipeline.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn with_capacity(cap: usize) -> Self {
         Self {
-            columns: VecDeque::new(),
+            columns: VecDeque::with_capacity(cap),
             buf: BytesMut::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -162,7 +169,7 @@ impl Client {
 }
 
 /// streaming response of pipeline.
-/// impls [AsyncIterator] trait and can be collected asynchronously.
+/// impl [AsyncLendingIterator] trait and can be collected asynchronously.
 pub struct PipelineStream<'a> {
     pub(crate) res: Response,
     pub(crate) columns: VecDeque<&'a [Column]>,
@@ -180,7 +187,6 @@ impl<'a> AsyncLendingIterator for PipelineStream<'a> {
                     return Ok(Some(PipelineItem {
                         finished: false,
                         stream: self,
-                        rows_affected: 0,
                     }));
                 }
                 backend::Message::DataRow(_) | backend::Message::CommandComplete(_) => {
@@ -203,17 +209,30 @@ impl<'a> AsyncLendingIterator for PipelineStream<'a> {
 }
 
 /// streaming item of certain query inside pipeline's [PipelineStream].
-/// impls [AsyncIterator] and can be used to collect [Row] from item.
+/// impl [AsyncLendingIterator] and can be used to collect [Row] from item.
 pub struct PipelineItem<'a, 'c> {
     finished: bool,
     stream: &'a mut PipelineStream<'c>,
-    rows_affected: u64,
 }
 
 impl PipelineItem<'_, '_> {
-    /// return the number of rows affected by certain query in pipeline.
-    pub fn rows_affected(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.rows_affected
+    /// collect rows affected by this pipelined query. [Row] information will be ignored.
+    ///
+    /// # Panic
+    /// calling this method on an already finished PipelineItem will cause panic. PipelineItem is marked as finished
+    /// when its [AsyncLendingIterator::try_next] method returns [Option::None]
+    pub async fn row_affected(mut self) -> Result<u64, Error> {
+        assert!(!self.finished, "PipelineItem has already finished");
+        loop {
+            match self.stream.res.recv().await? {
+                backend::Message::DataRow(_) => {}
+                backend::Message::CommandComplete(body) => {
+                    self.finished = true;
+                    return crate::query::decode::body_to_affected_rows(&body);
+                }
+                _ => return Err(Error::UnexpectedMessage),
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -232,10 +251,7 @@ impl AsyncLendingIterator for PipelineItem<'_, '_> {
                         .expect("PipelineItem must not overflow PipelineStream's columns array");
                     return Row::try_new(columns, body, &mut self.stream.ranges).map(Some);
                 }
-                backend::Message::CommandComplete(body) => {
-                    self.finished = true;
-                    self.rows_affected = crate::query::decode::body_to_affected_rows(&body)?;
-                }
+                backend::Message::CommandComplete(_) => self.finished = true,
                 _ => return Err(Error::UnexpectedMessage),
             }
         }