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From: Avi Pfeffer <avi@postgres.Berkeley.EDU>
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To: jaws@pangaea.dme.nt.gov.au, postgres@postgres.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re:  text type
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jaws@pangaea.dme.nt.gov.au (James Woods) writes :
> I have a user defined function written in C which takes an argument of
> type text.  When the backend passes this argument in, is the string
> that is passed in NULL terminated?  I have a feeling that it doesn't as
> my function appears to be producing data with garbage on the and of the
> strings.

> If it is not NULL terminated what is the correct way to create a NULL
> terminated string out of it so that I can use the normal str functions
> on it?

Type text is NOT a null-terminated string.  To convert it to one use
textout.

avi