Merlin Moncure wrote:
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Andrew Chernow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here are the changes to libpq.  It adds the ability to register an Object
Hook and create a home-grown result.  Patch adds 4 functions.

 We changed the name of PQresultSetFieldValue to PQsetvalue, which better
compliments PQgetvalue.  If this patch is acceptable, we will move on to
making the required changes to pqtypes; some work has already been done.

Whoops! One missing thing here...we forgot to make pqResultAlloc
pubilc...pqResultAlloc -> PQresultAlloc (see discussion in -hackers).
Also, we could use pqResultStrdup (or keep it private, in which case
we can re-implement in libpqtypes).

merlin


The connCreate and resultCreate hooks are in the wrong place. I didn't realize this until I started to implement the hook functions in pqtypes.

void (*connCreate)(const char *hookName, const PGconn *conn);

The requirements for the connCreate hook are that the PGconn is ready for use. I am currently hooking in connectDBStart, which is dead wrong. After some poking around, it looks like the correct place to hook would be in PQconnectPoll ... does this sound correct? There are 3 places PQconnectPoll returns PGRES_POLLING_OK: one is at the top of the function and the other two are further down with "We are open for business!" comments. Would I be correct to hook in at these 3 places in PQconnectPoll?

void (*resultCreate)(const char *hookName, const PGconn *conn,
  const PGresult *res);

The requirements for resultCreate are that the result is fully constructed. I am currently hooked in PQmakeEmptyResult, again dead wrong. Does PQgetResult sound correct?

Also, pqtypes is only interested in CONNECTION_OK and successfull results. But, these hooks are available to more than just pqtypes. What should the "when to call connCreate and resultCreate" policy be? Should the hook only be called when the conn or result was successfull or should the hooks be called for failed connections/commands as well?

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