Mihai RUSU wrote: [ PGP not available, raw data follows ] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi > > I was working recently on a mid-layer in my current projects for > abstraction of SQL backends (curently for mysql and pgsql only) and found > out that the libpq synonime of mysql_affected_rows is PQcmdTuples. However > I really dont see why does it return char * ?? Is there any practical > reason for this ? > > Curently I do (unsigned int)atoi(PQcmdTuples()) but I really dont feel > very confortable with strings which might change their format at any time, > not to mention the overhead to convert from str to int each time (and I > dont expect to use this atoi rare heh).
I think the reason it is a string is mostly historical. You should be find just converting it to an int. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
