> I was trying to use some c code to return floats to postgres but I keep
> getting the following error :
>
> template1=> select oner();
> PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but backend closed the channel before
> responding. This probably means the backend terminated abnormally before or
> while processing the request.
From my (limited) experience, this message occurs when you fail to get a
read the manual (about libpg). Types longer than 4 bytes are referenced exclusively by pointer, you cannot
expect/return the value itself.
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