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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index cd2a8f491ff..37e1fffb5fe 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.137 2003/09/20 20:12:05 tgl Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.138 2003/10/03 18:26:14 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter id="libpq"> @@ -1972,10 +1972,13 @@ size_t PQescapeString (char *to, const char *from, size_t length); <para> The parameter <parameter>from</> points to the first character of the string -that -is to be escaped, and the <parameter>length</> parameter gives the -number of characters in this string. (A terminating zero byte is -neither necessary nor counted.) <parameter>to</> shall point to a +that is to be escaped, and the <parameter>length</> parameter gives the +number of characters in this string. A terminating zero byte is not +required, and should not be counted in <parameter>length</>. (If +a terminating zero byte is found before <parameter>length</> bytes are +processed, <function>PQescapeString</> stops at the zero; the behavior +is thus rather like <function>strncpy</>.) +<parameter>to</> shall point to a buffer that is able to hold at least one more character than twice the value of <parameter>length</>, otherwise the behavior is undefined. A call to <function>PQescapeString</> writes an escaped |