On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 08:04:37PM -0400, Gowey, Geoffrey wrote: > What would the correct syntax be in order to do what I want to? I need to > enter in a variable length email address as the parameter to my planned > function. The param will then become part of a select statement to get > records (which I currently plan to accomplish by using strcat to join the > beginning of the select plus the param plus the closing '. Also where is > some good documentation on V1 command usage and examples? > > Geoff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 7:29 PM > To: Gowey, Geoffrey > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] version 1 C-Language Functions > > > "Gowey, Geoffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Unfortunately, this function fails. What am i doing wrong? > > "text *" is not "char *". The equivalent V0 code would fail just the > same way. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://www.postgresql.org/search.mpl > > end of the original message Read the "Programmer's Guide", part II "Server Programming", section 13.4.3 "Version-1 Calling Conventions for C-Language Functions". Look at the example functions copytext and concat_text. Francesco Casadei ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html