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void * SPI_palloc(Size <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em>)
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<code class="function">SPI_palloc</code> allocates memory in the upper
executor context.
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This function can only be used while connected to SPI.
Otherwise, it throws an error.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.8.12.10.6.6"><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">Size <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
size in bytes of storage to allocate
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pointer to new storage space of the specified size
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