Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Okay, so I was actually able to answer this question on my own, in a > manner of speaking. It seems the way to do this is to merely return a > larger char** array, with one element for each word. But I was having > trouble with postgres crashing, because (I think) it tries to free each > element independently before using all of them. I had set each element > to a different null-terminated chunk of the same palloc'd memory > segment. Having never written C stored procs before, I take it that's > bad practice?
Given Teodor's response, I think the issue is probably that you were palloc'ing in too short-lived a context. But whatever the problem is, you'll narrow it down a lot faster if you build with --enable-cassert. I wouldn't ever recommend trying to debug C functions without that. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html