X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB21C3A571C for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:09:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39851-09 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:09:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tigger.fuhr.org (tigger.fuhr.org [63.214.45.158]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D34743A570B for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:09:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (winnie.fuhr.org [10.1.0.1]) by tigger.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0AL9gq1049064 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:09:44 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr@winnie.fuhr.org) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0AL9fLi006362; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:09:41 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr@winnie.fuhr.org) Received: (from mfuhr@localhost) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0AL9bXT006359; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:09:37 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mfuhr) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:09:37 -0700 From: Michael Fuhr To: none none Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: TEXT blob extraction in ecpg Message-ID: <20050110210937.GA5932@winnie.fuhr.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.002 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200501/32 X-Sequence-Number: 19820 On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 01:02:00PM -0500, none none wrote: > Does any one know how to properly extract a TEXT type blob (undefined char > length) in ecpg (Linux system)? If you don't know how much memory to allocate for a column, you could use a descriptor area and check RETURNED_OCTET_LENGTH. See the "Using SQL Descriptor Areas" section in the ECPG documentation. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/