Hello all,
I am trying to write an extension in C that returns a simple environment
variable. The code compiles without any complaint or warning, and it
loads fine into the database, however, when I run the function, I get
disconnected from the server.
Here is my C code:
#include
Tim Hawes wrote:
Hello all,
I am trying to write an extension in C that returns a simple environment
variable. The code compiles without any complaint or warning, and it
loads fine into the database, however, when I run the function, I get
disconnected from the server.
Here is my C code:
Tim Hawes wrote:
text * pl_masterkey(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
char *e_var = getenv(PGMASTERKEY);
size_t length = VARSIZE(e_var) - VARHDRSZ;
The VARSIZE macro is for variable length structures, like a text or
bytea which contains a length and data member. You are using this macro
on a
Andrew Chernow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Tim Hawes wrote:
char *e_var = getenv(PGMASTERKEY);
size_t length = VARSIZE(e_var) - VARHDRSZ;
The VARSIZE macro is for variable length structures, like a text or
bytea which contains a length and data member. You are using this macro
on a regular
Thank you for your replies, however, it still is not working, see below...
Andrew Chernow wrote:
Tim Hawes wrote:
text * pl_masterkey(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
char *e_var = getenv(PGMASTERKEY);
size_t length = VARSIZE(e_var) - VARHDRSZ;
The VARSIZE macro is for variable length structures,
Tim Hawes wrote:
@Jan:
It appears the cstring_to_text function is unique to the latest
PostgreSQL code. I do not have a def for that for PostgreSQL 8.2, and
Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot about that. cstring_to_text has been added only
recently (it's not even it 8.3, silly me).
Datum
Ok, that worked!
Thank you very much, Jan and others who gave their input.
I did see Tom's input for the VARHDRSZ and tried that, but forgot to add
that again
when I called VARATT_SIZEP
Jan Urbański wrote:
Tim Hawes wrote:
@Jan:
It appears the cstring_to_text function is unique to the
