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Re: [INTERFACES] ECPG: FETCH ALL|n FROM cursor - Memory allocation?

Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>

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From: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
To: PostgreSQL Interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-05-06T11:00:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 11:24:36AM +0100, Lee Kindness wrote:
> If I allocate the memory before the FETCH then I (naturally) free
> it. However If I NULL initialise the pointer then libecpg will
> allocate the memory and I must NOT free it - libecpg will free it
> automatically... Yeah?

No. No matter who allocates the memory. You have to free it yourself.

Michael
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