diff --git a/src/Weasel.Core/CommandBuilderBase.cs b/src/Weasel.Core/CommandBuilderBase.cs
index bc4a7d3..0796661 100644
--- a/src/Weasel.Core/CommandBuilderBase.cs
+++ b/src/Weasel.Core/CommandBuilderBase.cs
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ public TParameter[] AppendWithParameters(string text)
         return AppendWithParameters(text, separator);
     }
 
+#if NET6_0 || NET7_0
     /// <summary>
     ///     Append a SQL string with user defined placeholder characters for new parameters, and returns an
     ///     array of the newly created parameters
@@ -327,6 +328,45 @@ public TParameter[] AppendWithParameters(string text, char separator)
 
         return parameters;
     }
+#else
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Append a SQL string with user defined placeholder characters for new parameters, and returns an
+    ///     array of the newly created parameters
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="text"></param>
+    /// <param name="separator"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    public TParameter[] AppendWithParameters(string text, char separator)
+    {
+        var span = text.AsSpan();
+
+        var parameters = new TParameter[span.Count(separator)];
+
+        var enumerator = span.Split(separator);
+
+        var pos = 0;
+        foreach (var range in enumerator)
+        {
+            if (range.Start.Value == 0)
+            {
+                // append the first part of the SQL string
+                _sql.Append(span[range]);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Just need a placeholder parameter type and value
+            var parameter = AddParameter(DBNull.Value, _provider.StringParameterType);
+            parameters[pos] = parameter;
+            _sql.Append(_parameterPrefix);
+            _sql.Append(parameter.ParameterName);
+            _sql.Append(span[range]);
+            pos++;
+        }
+
+        return parameters;
+    }
+#endif
 }
 
 // Note: Those methods are intentionally not written as extension methods
diff --git a/src/Weasel.Core/SpanSplitEnumerator.cs b/src/Weasel.Core/SpanSplitEnumerator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65807ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Weasel.Core/SpanSplitEnumerator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+using System.Buffers;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+namespace Weasel.Core;
+
+// Vendored from .NET 9 Preview. Requires APIs available in .NET 8+.
+
+#if NET8_0
+
+internal static class SpanSplitExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns a type that allows for enumeration of each element within a split span
+    /// using the provided separator character.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the elements.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="source">The source span to be enumerated.</param>
+    /// <param name="separator">The separator character to be used to split the provided span.</param>
+    /// <returns>Returns a <see cref="SpanSplitEnumerator{T}"/>.</returns>
+    public static SpanSplitEnumerator<T> Split<T>(this ReadOnlySpan<T> source, T separator) where T : IEquatable<T> =>
+        new SpanSplitEnumerator<T>(source, separator);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns a type that allows for enumeration of each element within a split span
+    /// using the provided separator span.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the elements.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="source">The source span to be enumerated.</param>
+    /// <param name="separator">The separator span to be used to split the provided span.</param>
+    /// <returns>Returns a <see cref="SpanSplitEnumerator{T}"/>.</returns>
+    public static SpanSplitEnumerator<T> Split<T>(this ReadOnlySpan<T> source, ReadOnlySpan<T> separator)
+        where T : IEquatable<T> =>
+        new SpanSplitEnumerator<T>(source, separator, treatAsSingleSeparator: true);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns a type that allows for enumeration of each element within a split span
+    /// using the provided <see cref="SpanSplitEnumerator{T}"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the elements.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="source">The source span to be enumerated.</param>
+    /// <param name="separators">The <see cref="SpanSplitEnumerator{T}"/> to be used to split the provided span.</param>
+    /// <returns>Returns a <see cref="SpanSplitEnumerator{T}"/>.</returns>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Unlike <see cref="SplitAny{T}(ReadOnlySpan{T}, ReadOnlySpan{T})"/>, the <paramref name="separators"/> is not checked for being empty.
+    /// An empty <paramref name="separators"/> will result in no separators being found, regardless of the type of <typeparamref name="T"/>,
+    /// whereas <see cref="SplitAny{T}(ReadOnlySpan{T}, ReadOnlySpan{T})"/> will use all Unicode whitespace characters as separators if <paramref name="separators"/> is
+    /// empty and <typeparamref name="T"/> is <see cref="char"/>.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static SpanSplitEnumerator<T> SplitAny<T>(this ReadOnlySpan<T> source, SearchValues<T> separators)
+        where T : IEquatable<T> =>
+        new SpanSplitEnumerator<T>(source, separators);
+}
+
+internal static class SpanSplitConstants
+{
+    /// <summary>A <see cref="SearchValues{Char}"/> for all of the Unicode whitespace characters</summary>
+    public static readonly SearchValues<char> WhiteSpaceChars =
+        SearchValues.Create(
+            "\t\n\v\f\r\u0020\u0085\u00a0\u1680\u2000\u2001\u2002\u2003\u2004\u2005\u2006\u2007\u2008\u2009\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000");
+}
+
+internal ref struct SpanSplitEnumerator<T> where T : IEquatable<T>
+{
+    /// <summary>The input span being split.</summary>
+    private readonly ReadOnlySpan<T> _span;
+
+    /// <summary>A single separator to use when <see cref="_splitMode"/> is <see cref="SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.SingleElement"/>.</summary>
+    private readonly T _separator = default!;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A separator span to use when <see cref="_splitMode"/> is <see cref="SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.Sequence"/> (in which case
+    /// it's treated as a single separator) or <see cref="SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.Any"/> (in which case it's treated as a set of separators).
+    /// </summary>
+    private readonly ReadOnlySpan<T> _separatorBuffer;
+
+    /// <summary>A set of separators to use when <see cref="_splitMode"/> is <see cref="SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.SearchValues"/>.</summary>
+    private readonly SearchValues<T> _searchValues = default!;
+
+    /// <summary>Mode that dictates how the instance was configured and how its fields should be used in <see cref="MoveNext"/>.</summary>
+    private SpanSplitEnumeratorMode _splitMode;
+
+    /// <summary>The inclusive starting index in <see cref="_span"/> of the current range.</summary>
+    private int _startCurrent = 0;
+
+    /// <summary>The exclusive ending index in <see cref="_span"/> of the current range.</summary>
+    private int _endCurrent = 0;
+
+    /// <summary>The index in <see cref="_span"/> from which the next separator search should start.</summary>
+    private int _startNext = 0;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets an enumerator that allows for iteration over the split span.</summary>
+    /// <returns>Returns a <see cref="SpanSplitEnumerator{T}"/> that can be used to iterate over the split span.</returns>
+    public SpanSplitEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator() => this;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the current element of the enumeration.</summary>
+    /// <returns>Returns a <see cref="Range"/> instance that indicates the bounds of the current element withing the source span.</returns>
+    public Range Current => new Range(_startCurrent, _endCurrent);
+
+    /// <summary>Initializes the enumerator for <see cref="SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.SearchValues"/>.</summary>
+    internal SpanSplitEnumerator(ReadOnlySpan<T> span, SearchValues<T> searchValues)
+    {
+        _span = span;
+        _splitMode = SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.SearchValues;
+        _searchValues = searchValues;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Initializes the enumerator for <see cref="SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.Any"/>.</summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// If <paramref name="separators"/> is empty and <typeparamref name="T"/> is <see cref="char"/>, as an optimization
+    /// it will instead use <see cref="SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.SearchValues"/> with a cached <see cref="SearchValues{Char}"/>
+    /// for all whitespace characters.
+    /// </remarks>
+    internal SpanSplitEnumerator(ReadOnlySpan<T> span, ReadOnlySpan<T> separators)
+    {
+        _span = span;
+        if (typeof(T) == typeof(char) && separators.Length == 0)
+        {
+            _searchValues = Unsafe.As<SearchValues<T>>(SpanSplitConstants.WhiteSpaceChars);
+            _splitMode = SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.SearchValues;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _separatorBuffer = separators;
+            _splitMode = SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.Any;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Initializes the enumerator for <see cref="SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.Sequence"/> (or <see cref="SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.EmptySequence"/> if the separator is empty).</summary>
+    /// <remarks><paramref name="treatAsSingleSeparator"/> must be true.</remarks>
+    internal SpanSplitEnumerator(ReadOnlySpan<T> span, ReadOnlySpan<T> separator, bool treatAsSingleSeparator)
+    {
+        _span = span;
+        _separatorBuffer = separator;
+        _splitMode = separator.Length == 0 ? SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.EmptySequence : SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.Sequence;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Initializes the enumerator for <see cref="SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.SingleElement"/>.</summary>
+    internal SpanSplitEnumerator(ReadOnlySpan<T> span, T separator)
+    {
+        _span = span;
+        _separator = separator;
+        _splitMode = SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.SingleElement;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Advances the enumerator to the next element of the enumeration.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns><see langword="true"/> if the enumerator was successfully advanced to the next element; <see langword="false"/> if the enumerator has passed the end of the enumeration.</returns>
+    public bool MoveNext()
+    {
+        // Search for the next separator index.
+        int separatorIndex, separatorLength;
+        switch (_splitMode)
+        {
+            case SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.None:
+                return false;
+
+            case SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.SingleElement:
+                separatorIndex = _span.Slice(_startNext).IndexOf(_separator);
+                separatorLength = 1;
+                break;
+
+            case SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.Any:
+                separatorIndex = _span.Slice(_startNext).IndexOfAny(_separatorBuffer);
+                separatorLength = 1;
+                break;
+
+            case SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.Sequence:
+                separatorIndex = _span.Slice(_startNext).IndexOf(_separatorBuffer);
+                separatorLength = _separatorBuffer.Length;
+                break;
+
+            case SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.EmptySequence:
+                separatorIndex = -1;
+                separatorLength = 1;
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                separatorIndex = _span.Slice(_startNext).IndexOfAny(_searchValues);
+                separatorLength = 1;
+                break;
+        }
+
+        _startCurrent = _startNext;
+        if (separatorIndex >= 0)
+        {
+            _endCurrent = _startCurrent + separatorIndex;
+            _startNext = _endCurrent + separatorLength;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _startNext = _endCurrent = _span.Length;
+
+            // Set _splitMode to None so that subsequent MoveNext calls will return false.
+            _splitMode = SpanSplitEnumeratorMode.None;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>Indicates in which mode <see cref="SpanSplitEnumerator{T}"/> is operating, with regards to how it should interpret its state.</summary>
+internal enum SpanSplitEnumeratorMode
+{
+    /// <summary>Either a default <see cref="SpanSplitEnumerator{T}"/> was used, or the enumerator has finished enumerating and there's no more work to do.</summary>
+    None = 0,
+
+    /// <summary>A single T separator was provided.</summary>
+    SingleElement,
+
+    /// <summary>A span of separators was provided, each of which should be treated independently.</summary>
+    Any,
+
+    /// <summary>The separator is a span of elements to be treated as a single sequence.</summary>
+    Sequence,
+
+    /// <summary>The separator is an empty sequence, such that no splits should be performed.</summary>
+    EmptySequence,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A <see cref="SearchValues{Char}"/> was provided and should behave the same as with <see cref="Any"/> but with the separators in the <see cref="SearchValues"/>
+    /// instance instead of in a <see cref="ReadOnlySpan{Char}"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    SearchValues
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/Weasel.Postgresql/BatchBuilder.cs b/src/Weasel.Postgresql/BatchBuilder.cs
index 04821f4..ae443bf 100644
--- a/src/Weasel.Postgresql/BatchBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Weasel.Postgresql/BatchBuilder.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Text;
 using Npgsql;
 using NpgsqlTypes;
+using Weasel.Core;
 
 namespace Weasel.Postgresql;
 
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ public NpgsqlParameter[] AppendWithParameters(string text)
         return AppendWithParameters(text, '?');
     }
 
+#if NET6_0 || NET7_0
     public NpgsqlParameter[] AppendWithParameters(string text, char placeholder)
     {
         var split = text.Split(placeholder);
@@ -124,7 +126,35 @@ public NpgsqlParameter[] AppendWithParameters(string text, char placeholder)
 
         return parameters;
     }
+#else
+    public NpgsqlParameter[] AppendWithParameters(string text, char separator)
+    {
+        var span = text.AsSpan();
+
+        var parameters = new NpgsqlParameter[span.Count(separator)];
+
+        var enumerator = span.Split(separator);
 
+        var pos = 0;
+        foreach (var range in enumerator)
+        {
+            if (range.Start.Value == 0)
+            {
+                // append the first part of the SQL string
+                _builder.Append(span[range]);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Just need a placeholder parameter type and value
+            var parameter = AppendParameter(DBNull.Value, NpgsqlDbType.Text);
+            parameters[pos] = parameter;
+            _builder.Append(span[range]);
+            pos++;
+        }
+
+        return parameters;
+    }
+#endif
     public void StartNewCommand()
     {
         if (_current != null)