Re: more custom C function fun

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 11:43:40PM -0600, Dan Heron Myers wrote:
> I have a custom C function that takes two text*s and returns a text*.
>
> text* calling_party = PG_GETARG_TEXT_P(0);
>
> char* thestr = VARDATA(calling_party);
> if(thestr[20] == ')')
> {
> PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(calling_party);
> }

You do realise that VARDATA does not return a null terminated string?
Try using something like text_to_cstring or using elog(NOTICE) to
display what's actually being compared.

Have a nice day,
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