Re: retreive record set

From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
To: "Michael GUIARD" <m(dot)guiard(at)nestor-tech(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: retreive record set
Date: 2005-08-06 17:29:11
Message-ID: 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE094660@algol.sollentuna.se
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> Hi Magnus,
>
> I understood that I am not supposed to know how PGresult
> stores the data, but I do not know how to fill my structure
> directly rather than to fill it field by field.
> I saw ecpg gives methods to do this (with descriptors), but I
> do not understand all about it, and I think it is too
> complicated for my small needs. Further, I do not want to
> change the implementation of postgreqsl libpq.
>
> So if I have no other choice than convert all result fields
> to fill my structure I will do this ...
>
> what is your advices about this ?

AFAIK there is no way in libpq to bind directly to variables. You'll
have to do a loop with pqgetvalue() to fill your struct.

//Magnus

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