Re: Writing SRF - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Writing SRF
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Msg-id 15995.1272564201@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Writing SRF  (Jorge Arevalo <jorgearevalo@gis4free.org>)
Responses Re: Writing SRF  (Jorge Arevalo <jorgearevalo@gis4free.org>)
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Jorge Arevalo <jorgearevalo@gis4free.org> writes:
> Many thanks! That was one of my errors. Another one was this:

> char szDataPointer[10];
> sprintf(szDataPointer, "%p", a_pointer);

> These lines caused a memory error.

That looks all right in itself (unless you're on a 64-bit machine, in
which case you need a bigger array to hold %p output).  However the
array would only live as long as the function it's in.  What were you
doing with the data afterwards, returning it maybe?

            regards, tom lane

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