Chapter 36. libpq — C Library
Table of Contents
- 36.1. Database Connection Control Functions
- 36.2. Connection Status Functions
- 36.3. Command Execution Functions
- 36.4. Asynchronous Command Processing
- 36.5. Pipeline Mode
- 36.6. Retrieving Query Results Row-by-Row
- 36.7. Canceling Queries in Progress
- 36.8. The Fast-Path Interface
- 36.9. Asynchronous Notification
- 36.10. Functions Associated with the
COPYCommand - 36.7. Canceling Queries in Progress
- 36.11. Control Functions
- 36.12. Miscellaneous Functions
- 36.13. Notice Processing
- 36.14. Event System
- 36.12. Miscellaneous Functions
- 36.15. Environment Variables
- 36.16. The Password File
- 36.17. The Connection Service File
- 36.18. LDAP Lookup of Connection Parameters
- 36.19. SSL Support
- 36.16. The Password File
- 36.20. Behavior in Threaded Programs
- 36.21. Building libpq Programs
- 36.22. Example Programs
- 36.21. Building libpq Programs
libpq is the C application programmer's interface to Postgres Pro. libpq is a set of library functions that allow client programs to pass queries to the Postgres Pro backend server and to receive the results of these queries.
libpq is also the underlying engine for several other Postgres Pro application interfaces, including those written for C++, Perl, Python, Tcl and ECPG. So some aspects of libpq's behavior will be important to you if you use one of those packages. In particular, Section 36.15, Section 36.16 and Section 36.19 describe behavior that is visible to the user of any application that uses libpq.
Some short programs are included at the end of this chapter (Section 36.22) to show how to write programs that use libpq.
Client programs that use libpq must include the header file libpq-fe.h and must link with the libpq library.