Re: How to properly perform this?

Hi, Dave,
I think its just an empty column.

Is there a way to treat it as NULL?

P.S.: Sorry for top-posting.

On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 5:41 AM Dave Cramer <davecramer(at)postgres(dot)rocks> wrote:
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> Dave Cramer
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> On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 at 01:10, Igor Korot <ikorot01(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> Hi, ALL,
>> I'm trying to execute following query:
>>
>> draft=# SELECT c.relname AS name, ixs.tablespace, ARRAY(SELECT
>> a.attname FROM pg_attribute a WHERE a.attrelid = idx.indrelid AND
>> a.attnum = ANY(idx.indkey) AND a.attnum > 0 ORDER BY
>> array_position(idx.indkey, a.attnum) OFFSET idx.indnkeyatts) AS
>> included, c.reloptions AS storage FROM pg_index idx, pg_class c,
>> pg_namespace n, pg_class t, pg_indexes ixs WHERE ixs.indexname =
>> c.relname AND c.oid = idx.indexrelid AND t.oid = idx.indrelid AND
>> n.oid = c.relnamespace AND idx.indisprimary AND n.nspname = 'public'
>> AND t.relname = 'leagues';
>> name | tablespace | included | storage
>> --------------+------------+----------+---------
>> leagues_pkey | | {} |
>> (1 row)
>>
>>
>> My code is as follows:
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>> while( ( ret = SQLGetData( m_hstmt, 4, SQL_C_WCHAR,
>> index_param.get(), 255, &ind[3] ) ) != SQL_NO_DATA )
>> {
>> if( ret == SQL_SUCCESS || ret == SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO )
>> {
>> auto numBytes = ind[3];
>> if( ind[3] == SQL_NO_TOTAL )
>> numBytes = 255;
>> else if( ind[3] > 255 )
>> numBytes = 255;
>> str_to_uc_cpy( options, index_param.get() );
>> }
>> else
>> {
>> GetErrorMessage( errorMsg, STMT_ERROR );
>> result = 1;
>> }
>> }
>> Unfortunately it goes into the loop because apparently the driver or
>> the server keeps seeing the last column as having data and returns
>> SQL_SUCCESS.
>>
>> What is the proper way to resolve this?
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>> I'm using unixODBC with PostgreSQL 16.
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>> My odbc.ini looks like this:
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>> [code]
>> [postgres]
>> Driver=Postgres
>> Description=Postgres ODBC Driver
>> UserId=postgres
>> Password=XXX
>> Servername=localhost
>> Database=draft
>> Port=5432
>>
>> [/code]
>>
>>
>> What is the best way to proceed?
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> is the last column empty or null?
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> if not null then there is data there.
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> Dave