On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 11:02:04AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com> writes:
> Alternatively, keep the data structure in a longer-lived context
> (TransactionCommandContext should work) instead of the per-tuple
> context.
It depends, I had to use `TopTransactionContect' in a similar case.
If you really want to return a pointer, I would recommend to
introduce a new type `pointer', where the input and output functions
simply call `elog(ERROR,..)'. This way you can avoid to forget that
your pointer cannot be externalized.
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Holger Krug
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