Re: Segmentation Fault

>
> I want to ask what does the error message mean by
> "0x40023abb in resetPQExpBuffer () from /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so.3"?
> I got this message using GDB to trace the program.
> (Segmentation fault occurswhen run the program directly.)
>
> I reviewed the program many times, and found this is only to happen when
> I call the `ctime()' or `time()' in a program function.
>
> code fragment FYI
> --8<------------------------
> // `res = PQexec(conn, sql)' here..
> ...
> ...
> }
> else if (!strcmp(PQfname(res, i), SYNCTIME_FIELD_NAME))
> {
> // puts("7");
> //char chP[30];
> printf("timer=%ld\n", time(timer)); // <====== without this line, the
> program works
> // printf("%s", ctime(time(NULL)));
> // printf("%s", asctime(localtime(&timer)));
> sprintf(tmp, "'1999-12-11 09:50:58'::timestamp, ");

I would like to see the declaration of the "timer" variable.
Is it "time_t"? Then you should code "&timer" as in localtime(&timer).
Is it "time_t *"? Then, did you alloc'd memory?
Regards, Christoph