Re: Libpq memory leak - Mailing list pgsql-general

Polyakov Vladimir <vvpolyakov@gmail.com> writes:
> Program written in C using Libpq, which receives large files (BYTEA)
> has a memory leak.
> I need to free ALL of the used memory after each sql query.

> after each call PQclear() I drop the buffer:
>     conn->inBuffer = realloc(conn->inBuffer, 8192);
>     conn->inBufSize = 8192;

When you break it, you get to keep both pieces.  Whatever gave you
the idea that the above would be considered a supported thing to do?

            regards, tom lane