def _get_placeholders(sql_statement, parameters):
        """
        Retrieve the list of placeholders and their type defined in an SQL
        statement.


        @param sql_statement: a parameterized statement.

        @param parameters: the list of parameters used in the SQL statement.


        @return: a dictionary of placeholders where the key represents the
            name of a placeholder, the value corresponds to a tuple::

                (``type:PlaceholderType``, ``value``)

            where :

            * ``type``: type of the placeholder

            * ``value``: value to replace the placeholder.
        """
        # Find the list of placeholders, and their type, defined in the SQL
        # statement.
        placeholders = {}

        try:
            for match in REGEX_PATTERN_SQL_PLACEHOLDERS.findall(sql_statement):
                for (i, placeholder_type) in enumerate(PlaceholderType._values):
                    placeholder_name = match[i]
                    if placeholder_name:
                        placeholder_value = parameters[placeholder_name]

                        if placeholder_type == PlaceholderType.nested_list \
                                and (isinstance(placeholder_value, tuple) and len(placeholder_value) == 1) \
                                and not isinstance(placeholder_value, (list, set, tuple)):
                            raise ValueError('The value to replace the placeholder "%s" is not a list as expected' % placeholder_name)

                        placeholders[placeholder_name] = (placeholder_type, placeholder_value)
                        break

        except KeyError:
            raise ValueError('The placeholder %s has no corresponding parameter' % placeholder_name)

        # Check whether all the specified parameters have their corresponding
        # placeholder in the SQL statement.
        undefined_placeholders = [ parameter for parameter in parameters.iterkeys()
                if parameter not in placeholders ]

        if undefined_placeholders:
            raise ValueError('The placeholders %s are missing from the extended pyformat SQL statement\n%s' \
                    % (', '.join([ '"%s"' % _ for _ in undefined_placeholders ]), sql_statement))

        return placeholders
Retrieve the list of placeholders and their type defined in an SQL
        statement.


        @param sql_statement: a parameterized statement.

        @param parameters: the list of parameters used in the SQL statement.


        @return: a dictionary of placeholders where the key represents the
            name of a placeholder, the value corresponds to a tuple::

                (``type:PlaceholderType``, ``value``)

            where :

            * ``type``: type of the placeholder

            * ``value``: value to replace the placeholder.