Re: Python interface memory leak? - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Wed, 2001-10-17 at 16:56, Denis Gasparin wrote:
> At 16/10/01 14.00, you wrote:
> >Does the python interface leak memory? We are seeing the process grow
> >with basically every select. Any suggestions on what's going on? There
> >are no cycles, and a trivial program (basically a loop around a select)
> >demonstrates the problem.
> >
> >This is 7.1.2 on RH7.[01].
> >
> >         Stephen
>
> The python interface stores query datas in memory. If you don't clean such
> datas, the used memory will grow up...

Actually, it's a bug. I spent most of today with a co-worker looking for
it. There's a Py_DECREF missing in the fetch routine, which makes it
leak the results of every fetch. Who do I send the (one-line) fix to?

    Stephen