Re: I want to send comments to the backend!

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gerhard Häring <lists(at)ghaering(dot)de>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: I want to send comments to the backend!
Date: 2003-03-20 16:10:36
Message-ID: 23845.1048176636@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gerhard_H=E4ring?= <lists(at)ghaering(dot)de> writes:
>> I'm quite certain that libpq does not strip comments, so the complaint
>> isn't strictly accurate...

> Then why does the attached program not work?

> res = PQexec(conn, "-- foobar");
> if (!res || PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)

Because a comment isn't an SQL command. I forget what the result status
is in this case, but COMMAND_OK ain't it.

regards, tom lane

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