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 5C05A3A56D7 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:03:47 +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 18068-03 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:03:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay16-f20.bay16.hotmail.com [65.54.186.70]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 821F23A55DD for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:03:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:03:02 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 137.75.58.66 by by16fd.bay16.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:02:00 GMT X-Originating-IP: [137.75.58.66] X-Originating-Email: [mytofi@hotmail.com] X-Sender: mytofi@hotmail.com From: "none none" To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: TEXT blob extraction in ecpg Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:02:00 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Jan 2005 18:03:02.0361 (UTC) FILETIME=[A05BA490:01C4F73E] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.641 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, DNS_FROM_RFC_POST, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200501/31 X-Sequence-Number: 19819 Does any one know how to properly extract a TEXT type blob (undefined char length) in ecpg (Linux system)? We are converting our SQL from Informix to PostGres. Informix had a specific struct defined and I believe handled the dynamic memory allocation, but I cannot find any guidance on this issue for PostGres. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Tom