/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * datum.c * POSTGRES Datum (abstract data type) manipulation routines. * * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * * IDENTIFICATION * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/datum.c,v 1.25 2002/09/04 20:31:27 momjian Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* * In the implementation of the next routines we assume the following: * * A) if a type is "byVal" then all the information is stored in the * Datum itself (i.e. no pointers involved!). In this case the * length of the type is always greater than zero and not more than * "sizeof(Datum)" * * B) if a type is not "byVal" and it has a fixed length (typlen > 0), * then the "Datum" always contains a pointer to a stream of bytes. * The number of significant bytes are always equal to the typlen. * * C) if a type is not "byVal" and has typlen == -1, * then the "Datum" always points to a "struct varlena". * This varlena structure has information about the actual length of this * particular instance of the type and about its value. * * D) if a type is not "byVal" and has typlen == -2, * then the "Datum" always points to a null-terminated C string. * * Note that we do not treat "toasted" datums specially; therefore what * will be copied or compared is the compressed data or toast reference. */ #include "postgres.h" #include "utils/datum.h" /*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * datumGetSize * * Find the "real" size of a datum, given the datum value, * whether it is a "by value", and the declared type length. * * This is essentially an out-of-line version of the att_addlength() * macro in access/tupmacs.h. We do a tad more error checking though. *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ Size datumGetSize(Datum value, bool typByVal, int typLen) { Size size; if (typByVal) { /* Pass-by-value types are always fixed-length */ Assert(typLen > 0 && typLen <= sizeof(Datum)); size = (Size) typLen; } else { if (typLen > 0) { /* Fixed-length pass-by-ref type */ size = (Size) typLen; } else if (typLen == -1) { /* It is a varlena datatype */ struct varlena *s = (struct varlena *) DatumGetPointer(value); if (!PointerIsValid(s)) elog(ERROR, "datumGetSize: Invalid Datum Pointer"); size = (Size) VARATT_SIZE(s); } else if (typLen == -2) { /* It is a cstring datatype */ char *s = (char *) DatumGetPointer(value); if (!PointerIsValid(s)) elog(ERROR, "datumGetSize: Invalid Datum Pointer"); size = (Size) (strlen(s) + 1); } else { elog(ERROR, "datumGetSize: Invalid typLen %d", typLen); size = 0; /* keep compiler quiet */ } } return size; } /*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * datumCopy * * make a copy of a datum * * If the datatype is pass-by-reference, memory is obtained with palloc(). *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ Datum datumCopy(Datum value, bool typByVal, int typLen) { Datum res; if (typByVal) res = value; else { Size realSize; char *s; if (DatumGetPointer(value) == NULL) return PointerGetDatum(NULL); realSize = datumGetSize(value, typByVal, typLen); s = (char *) palloc(realSize); memcpy(s, DatumGetPointer(value), realSize); res = PointerGetDatum(s); } return res; } /*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * datumFree * * Free the space occupied by a datum CREATED BY "datumCopy" * * NOTE: DO NOT USE THIS ROUTINE with datums returned by heap_getattr() etc. * ONLY datums created by "datumCopy" can be freed! *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #ifdef NOT_USED void datumFree(Datum value, bool typByVal, int typLen) { if (!typByVal) { Pointer s = DatumGetPointer(value); pfree(s); } } #endif /*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * datumIsEqual * * Return true if two datums are equal, false otherwise * * NOTE: XXX! * We just compare the bytes of the two values, one by one. * This routine will return false if there are 2 different * representations of the same value (something along the lines * of say the representation of zero in one's complement arithmetic). * Also, it will probably not give the answer you want if either * datum has been "toasted". *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ bool datumIsEqual(Datum value1, Datum value2, bool typByVal, int typLen) { bool res; if (typByVal) { /* * just compare the two datums. NOTE: just comparing "len" bytes * will not do the work, because we do not know how these bytes * are aligned inside the "Datum". We assume instead that any * given datatype is consistent about how it fills extraneous bits * in the Datum. */ res = (value1 == value2); } else { Size size1, size2; char *s1, *s2; /* * Compare the bytes pointed by the pointers stored in the datums. */ size1 = datumGetSize(value1, typByVal, typLen); size2 = datumGetSize(value2, typByVal, typLen); if (size1 != size2) return false; s1 = (char *) DatumGetPointer(value1); s2 = (char *) DatumGetPointer(value2); res = (memcmp(s1, s2, size1) == 0); } return res; }