additional information whic may be useful for those smarter than i:
thanks for any possible help, Chris
how it was made:
gcc -fPIC -c test.c
gcc -shared test.o
*** --I have also tried using ld -shared (GNU ld)
a.out test.so
from psql:
test=# select hello();
hello
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sesu
(1 row)
test=# select hello();
hello
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(1 row)
test=# select hello();
^CCancel request sent
^CCancel request sent
^CCancel request sent --at this point, the whole back end freezes
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hello all:
I am attempting to create a function which will return data from a
C-function. This is what i have, and it so far has been successful. Any
help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.
gcc Compiler, PgSQL 7.1 beta 3
thanks,
chris
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#include <string.h>
#include "/usr/local/pgsql/include/postgres.h"
text *
hello()
{
char data[] = "hello world";
int32 new_text_size = VARHDRSZ + sizeof(data);
text *new_text = (text *) palloc(new_text_size);
strcpy(VARDATA(new_text), data);
return new_text;
}