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pg_result

Name

pg_result -- get information about a command result

Synopsis

pg_result resultHandle resultOption

Description

pg_result returns information about a command result created by a prior pg_exec.

You can keep a command result around for as long as you need it, but when you are done with it, be sure to free it by executing pg_result -clear. Otherwise, you have a memory leak, and pgtcl will eventually start complaining that you have created too many command result objects.

Arguments

resultHandle

The handle of the command result.

resultOption

One of the following options, specifying which piece of result information to return:

-status

The status of the result.

-error

The error message, if the status indicates an error, otherwise an empty string.

-conn

The connection that produced the result.

-oid

If the command was an INSERT, the OID of the inserted row, otherwise 0.

-numTuples

The number of rows (tuples) returned by the query.

-cmdTuples

The number of rows (tuples) affected by the command.

-numAttrs

The number of columns (attributes) in each row.

-assign arrayName

Assign the results to an array, using subscripts of the form (rowNumber, columnName).

-assignbyidx arrayName ?appendstr?

Assign the results to an array using the values of the first column and the names of the remaining column as keys. If appendstr is given then it is appended to each key. In short, all but the first column of each row are stored into the array, using subscripts of the form (firstColumnValue, columnNameAppendStr).

-getTuple rowNumber

Returns the columns of the indicated row in a list. Row numbers start at zero.

-tupleArray rowNumber arrayName

Stores the columns of the row in array arrayName, indexed by column names. Row numbers start at zero.

-attributes

Returns a list of the names of the columns in the result.

-lAttributes

Returns a list of sublists, {name typeOid typeSize} for each column.

-clear

Clear the command result object.

Return Value

The result depends on the selected option, as described above.