Re: C Extension woes

Tim Hawes wrote:
> 
> text * pl_masterkey(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
> {
>  char *e_var = getenv("PGMASTERKEY");
>  size_t length = VARSIZE(e_var) - VARHDRSZ;
> 
> 

The VARSIZE macro is for variable length structures, like a text or 
bytea which contains a length and data member.  You are using this macro 
on a regular C string "e_var".  Try this instead:

size_t length = e_var != NULL ? strlen(e_var) : 0;

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