David E. Wheeler wrote: > Howdy, > > In my original implementation of citext, which I'm going to start > using for an app I'm developing, I pull in the wstring_lower function > from oracle_compat.c by simply declaring it at the top of citext.c, > just as if it were in an include file: > > extern char * wstring_lower (char *str); > > After I ported it to CVS HEAD, however, and discovered the > str_tolower() function in formatting.c, I wanted to try to make use of > it in 8.3, as well. But when I tried to include it in citext.c, it > simply didn't work. I put this at the top of citext.c: > > extern char * localized_str_tolower(char *buff); > > But when I try to use it, like so: > > lcstr = localized_str_tolower(VARDATA_ANY(left)); > rcstr = localized_str_tolower(VARDATA_ANY(right)); > > I get a compile-time error: > > Undefined symbols: > "_localized_str_tolower", referenced from: > _citextcmp in citext.o > _citextcmp in citext.o > ld: symbol(s) not found > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make: *** [citext.so] Error 1 > > So, stupid C question, I'm sure: How can I use this function from my > module? > > Oh, and on a side note, should I localized_str_tolower() or just > str_tolower()?
I am not sure what localized_str_tolower() is but I think you should call str_tolower directly if you want to pass char*, and lower() if you want to pass 'text'. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
