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From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: C function accepting/returning cstring vs. text
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In response to Re: C function accepting/returning cstring vs. text  (Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@webthatworks.it>)
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> Is there any difference from function returning text and function
> returning cstring?
>

text is varlena type - it could be TOASTed, comprimated. It is better
integrated to PostgreSQL world. cstring is just C zero terminated
string - so good for system call, call some external libraries.

Regards
Pavel Stehule

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