> Problem Description: -------------------- libpq documentation
> has a few errors. Most notably, the reccomended style of error
> handling. psuedocode: res=PQexec(conn, "error-prone-statement");
> if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK) { do_error_code();
> } This is actually incorrect, since on error, PQexec returns
> null, so PQresultStatus (which I can't find documented)
> derefrences a null pointer. Correct example code would be
> res=PQexec(conn, "error-prone-statment"); if (!res) {
> printf("PQexec(): %s\n", PQerrorMessage(conn)); exit(1) }
>
> If nobody else is working on the documentation reply to me, and
> I'll submit diffs.
Very good point. I have added !res || resultStatus(...) to the man
pages and sgml examples.
Thanks.
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