Tom Lane wrote:
is, how does the client know whether the function recognized all the bits it passed?
How about returning the bits it could set? int mask = PG_INITSSL | PG_INITCRYPTO; if (!(PQinitSecure(mask) & PG_INITCRYPTO)) ; // no support for crypto ...OR... consider a generic PQinit call per system/object/etc.. int PQinit(int which, void *data); int mask = PG_SECURE_SSL | PG_SECURE_CRYPTO; PQinit(PG_INIT_SECURE, &mask); // or PG_INIT_OPENSSL xxx_t xxx = {0, "blah", 12}; PQinit(PG_INIT_xxx, &xxx); -- Andrew Chernow eSilo, LLC every bit counts http://www.esilo.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers