Re: C Function Memory Management - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Martin French
Subject Re: C Function Memory Management
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Msg-id OFE02435D2.BCE8078B-ON80257AD3.00298789-80257AD3.0029959F@romaxtech.com
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In response to Re: C Function Memory Management  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-general

> Usually I'd allocate the space in fcinfo->flinfo->fn_mcxt (which is a
> query-lifespan context) and keep a pointer to it in
> fcinfo->flinfo->fn_extra (which is a void * field that a C function
> can do what it pleases with).  There are plenty of examples in the
> Postgres source code.  If you are looking to cache data longer than
> one query then it takes more thought.
>
>          regards, tom lane

Thanks Tom. I'll have a look into this when I have more time.

Kind Regards.

Martin.
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