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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: libpq & freeing character results
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In response to libpq & freeing character results  ("Robert A. Knop Jr." <rknop@lilys.lbl.gov>)
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"Robert A. Knop Jr." <rknop@lilys.lbl.gov> writes:
> If one uses libpq functions such as PQfname, should one free the returned
> character string?

No.  Unless the doc for the function explicitly says you should free
its result, it's a pointer into libpq-managed space.
        regards, tom lane

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