Re: Extending PostgreSQL Using C

On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Tom Lane wrote:

> Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee> writes:
> > Boulat Khakimov wrote:
> >> ERROR: Can't find function encrypt in file /[full path here]/encrypt.so
>
> > Can _postgres_ user read /[full path here]/encrypt.so ?
>
> Presumably so. If he were unable to load the .so file, he'd be getting
> a different error message. This message indicates that he got past the
> load step, but dl_sym is unable to resolve the symbol "encrypt".
>
> I asked about the symbol names shown by nm(1), but got no answer ...

It should be noted that encrypt() is a function already declared in
unistd.h, which the OP is including. Could that be causing some problem
since the OP is using the same name?

Nishad
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