darcy(at)druid(dot)net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
>> Not with that much info. Sooner or later you're going to have to
>> show us your C code...
> char *
> chkpass_rout(chkpass *password)
> {
> char *result;
> if (password == NULL)
> return (NULL);
> if ((result = (char *) palloc(16)) != NULL)
> strcpy(result, password->password);
> return (result);
> }
That doesn't return "text", so you can't tell the system it does.
Type text is a varlena type, ie, length word followed by data.
regards, tom lane