From: Michael Meskes <Michael_Meskes@topmail.de>
To: PostgreSQL Interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] ecpg idea
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 12:54:37 +0100
Message-ID: <19990221125437.A582@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9902201245470.5372-100000@noether.math.ksu.edu>
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<Pine.GSO.4.05.9902201245470.5372-100000@noether.math.ksu.edu>
On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 12:56:28PM -0600, James Thompson wrote:
> I just don't like hard coded array sizes linked to table fields. I'd
> rather malloc the memory prior to the fetch.
Hard coded array sizes have one huge advantage: libecpg will know how many
bytes fit in. Thus there won't be a buffer overflow.
Michael
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