Edoardo Panfili <edoardo@xxxxxxxx> writes: > labelDatum = DirectFunctionCall1(enum_out,datumIbrido); > label = (char *) DatumGetPointer(labelDatum); Just FYI, preferred style for the second line would be label = DatumGetCString(labelDatum); Nearly all standard data types have DatumGetFoo and FooGetDatum macros to hide the conversion details (even if it's only a cast). regards, tom lane