Tom Lane wrote:
Will Harrower <wjh105@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
I'm writing a custom type in C that needs to manage two byte arrays
(among other things). I have attempted to implement this using something
similar to the following struct (along with corresponding input and
output functions):
typedef struct example {
bytea* first;
bytea* second;
} example;
You can't do that; the value of a datatype has to be a single chunk of
memory, and it has to be independent of exactly where it's stored
because it will get copied around without modification.
regards, tom lane
Ok, that makes sense, thanks. Guess I'll stick to a bytea and an extra
index.
Cheers,
Will.
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