On Thursday, April 04, 2013 8:30 PM Rodrigo Barboza wrote:
> Hi guys.
> I am wondering when I can use the PG_GETARG_UINT32 and PG_RETURN_UINT32.
> If postgres has no unsigned int type, what is the use of these macros?
They are mainly used for contrib module functionality or some built-in
functions which are not exposed.
For example, bt_page_items() receives relation name (text) and block number
(int), but internally the block number
is unit32 as max blocks can be oxFFFFFFFE.
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
