From: | elein <elein(at)sbcglobal(dot)net> |
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To: | Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, elein(at)varlena(dot)com |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: returning CHAR from C function |
Date: | 2002-12-01 00:32:11 |
Message-ID: | 200212010034.gB10YdAQ432502@pimout4-ext.prodigy.net |
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Joe,
Thank you for your confirmation. It sounds like a bug to
me even with the work around. I'll report it.
elein
On Saturday 30 November 2002 15:56, Joe Conway wrote:
> Joe Conway wrote:
> > instead of type 18 (==char), which is what you need (and intended). I'm
> > not sure what the proper way to define a function returning type char
> > is
>
> As a follow up, this works:
>
> create OR REPLACE function retchar(text)
> returns "char"
> as '$libdir/retchar.so'
> language 'c';
>
> The quotes must prevent the typename from being rewritten to bpchar.
>
> HTH,
>
> Joe
>
>
>
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