Re: problem with splitting a string

Werner Echezuria <wercool(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I'm trying to develop a contrib module in order to parse sqlf queries, I'm
> using lemon as a LALR parser generator (because I think it's easier than
> bison) and re2c (because I think it's easier than flex) but when I try to
> split the string into words postgres add some weird characters (this works
> in pure gcc), I write something like "CREATE FUZZY PREDICATE joven ON 0..120
> AS (0,0,35,120);", but postgresql adds a character like  at the end of
> "joven" and the others words.

Maybe you are expecting 'text' values to be null-terminated? They are
not. You might look into using TextDatumGetCString or related functions
to convert.

regards, tom lane

PS: the chances of us accepting a contrib module that requires
significant unusual infrastructure to build seem pretty low from
where I sit. You're certainly free to do whatever you want for
private work, or even for a pgfoundry project --- but if you do
have ambitions of this eventually becoming contrib, "it's easier"
is not going to be sufficient rationale to not use bison/flex.