Re: C function to return tuple

I see what you mean and I changed the code BUT still my main problem is that
I want to know how to fill values array. I remind you that d_type contains
attributes of another composite type p_type.
I need a solution to that because I need to use it in other parts of the
code.

Datum d_swap(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) {
HeapTupleHeader t = PG_GETARG_HEAPTUPLEHEADER(0);
HeapTupleHeader i;
HeapTupleHeader e;
bool isnull;

TupleDesc tupdesc;
Datum values[3];
HeapTuple tuple;

i = DatumGetHeapTupleHeader(GetAttributeByName(t, "i", &isnull));
e = DatumGetHeapTupleHeader(GetAttributeByName(t, "e", &isnull));

if (get_call_result_type(fcinfo, NULL, &tupdesc) != TYPEFUNC_COMPOSITE)
{
ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
errmsg("function returning record called in context that cannot accept type
record")));
}

BlessTupleDesc(tupdesc);

//I need to get this working
*values[0] = e;*
* values[1] = i;*
* values[2] = GetAttributeByName(t, "id", &isnull);*

tuple = heap_form_tuple(tupdesc, values, &isnull);

PG_RETURN_DATUM(HeapTupleGetDatum(tuple));
}

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Marios Vodas <mvodas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > My problem is that I don't know how to construct the d_type tuple in the
> c
> > function.
>
> Seems like the main problem with that function is that you're passing
> an uninitialized "nulls" array to heap_form_tuple.
>
> I kinda wonder why you are using a fixed-length values array together
> with a variable-length, dynamically allocated nulls array, but that'
> just odd style not wrong in itself.
>
> regards, tom lane
>