Re: problem with PQsendQuery/PQgetResult and COPY FROM statement - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 11:51:00AM -0700, max.poletto@gmail.com wrote:
> I attempt to execute a "COPY test FROM STDIN" using PQsendQuery.
> Subsequently, after the appropriate poll()/PQconsumeInput/PQisBusy
> calls, PQgetResult returns tens of millions of (invalid?) non-null
> PGresults.  This behavior seems incorrect, and sometimes causes my
> application to exhaust memory and crash.

In addition to the issues other people have pointed out, when using
COPY you transfer the data with PQputCopyData()/PQgetCopyData().

Have a nice day,
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