Lee Kindness wrote:
> Okay, lets see if i've got this right...
>
> If I allocate the memory before the FETCH then I (naturally) free
> it. However If I NULL initialise the pointer then libecpg will
> allocate the memory and I must NOT free it - libecpg will free it
> automatically... Yeah?
No, I only said: Never mix free and ECPGfree_auto_mem because
ECPGfree_auto_mem will double free it if you free'd it already.
And also: it might be a good idea to kill the undocumented function (and
the list).
And: You need to free it (by one of the two methods above).
>
> I think this highlights the need for some documentation on this
> aspect.
Yes it does.
Christof
