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Notice Processing">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="libpq.html" title="Chapter 34. libpq - C Library">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 34. <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="application">libpq</span> - C Library</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 11.12 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.14. Environment Variables">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="sect1" id="LIBPQ-EVENTS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">34.13. Event System</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="libpq-events.html#LIBPQ-EVENTS-TYPES">34.13.1. Event Types</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="libpq-events.html#LIBPQ-EVENTS-PROC">34.13.2. Event Callback Procedure</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="libpq-events.html#LIBPQ-EVENTS-FUNCS">34.13.3. Event Support Functions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="libpq-events.html#LIBPQ-EVENTS-EXAMPLE">34.13.4. Event Example</a></span></dt></dl></div><p> <span class="application">libpq</span>'s event system is designed to notify registered event handlers about interesting <span class="application">libpq</span> events, such as the creation or destruction of <code class="structname">PGconn</code> and <code class="structname">PGresult</code> objects. A principal use case is that this allows applications to associate their own data with a <code class="structname">PGconn</code> or <code class="structname">PGresult</code> and ensure that that data is freed at an appropriate time. </p><p> Each registered event handler is associated with two pieces of data, known to <span class="application">libpq</span> only as opaque <code class="literal">void *</code> pointers. There is a <em class="firstterm">passthrough</em> pointer that is provided by the application when the event handler is registered with a <code class="structname">PGconn</code>. The passthrough pointer never changes for the life of the <code class="structname">PGconn</code> and all <code class="structname">PGresult</code>s generated from it; so if used, it must point to long-lived data. In addition there is an <em class="firstterm">instance data</em> pointer, which starts out <code class="symbol">NULL</code> in every <code class="structname">PGconn</code> and <code class="structname">PGresult</code>. This pointer can be manipulated using the <code class="function">PQinstanceData</code>, <code class="function">PQsetInstanceData</code>, <code class="function">PQresultInstanceData</code> and <code class="function">PQsetResultInstanceData</code> functions. Note that unlike the passthrough pointer, instance data of a <code class="structname">PGconn</code> is not automatically inherited by <code class="structname">PGresult</code>s created from it. <span class="application">libpq</span> does not know what passthrough and instance data pointers point to (if anything) and will never attempt to free them — that is the responsibility of the event handler. </p><div class="sect2" id="LIBPQ-EVENTS-TYPES"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">34.13.1. Event Types</h3></div></div></div><p> The enum <code class="literal">PGEventId</code> names the types of events handled by the event system. All its values have names beginning with <code class="literal">PGEVT</code>. For each event type, there is a corresponding event info structure that carries the parameters passed to the event handlers. The event types are: </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="LIBPQ-PGEVT-REGISTER"><span class="term"><code class="literal">PGEVT_REGISTER</code></span></dt><dd><p> The register event occurs when <code class="function">PQregisterEventProc</code> is called. It is the ideal time to initialize any <code class="literal">instanceData</code> an event procedure may need. Only one register event will be fired per event handler per connection. If the event procedure fails, the registration is aborted. </p><pre class="synopsis"> typedef struct { PGconn *conn; } PGEventRegister; </pre><p> When a <code class="literal">PGEVT_REGISTER</code> event is received, the <em class="parameter"><code>evtInfo</code></em> pointer should be cast to a <code class="structname">PGEventRegister *</code>. This structure contains a <code class="structname">PGconn</code> that should be in the <code class="literal">CONNECTION_OK</code> status; guaranteed if one calls <code class="function">PQregisterEventProc</code> right after obtaining a good <code class="structname">PGconn</code>. When returning a failure code, all cleanup must be performed as no <code class="literal">PGEVT_CONNDESTROY</code> event will be sent. </p></dd><dt id="LIBPQ-PGEVT-CONNRESET"><span class="term"><code class="literal">PGEVT_CONNRESET</code></span></dt><dd><p> The connection reset event is fired on completion of <code class="function">PQreset</code> or <code class="function">PQresetPoll</code>. In both cases, the event is only fired if the reset was successful. If the event procedure fails, the entire connection reset will fail; the <code class="structname">PGconn</code> is put into <code class="literal">CONNECTION_BAD</code> status and <code class="function">PQresetPoll</code> will return <code class="literal">PGRES_POLLING_FAILED</code>. </p><pre class="synopsis"> typedef struct { PGconn *conn; } PGEventConnReset; </pre><p> When a <code class="literal">PGEVT_CONNRESET</code> event is received, the <em class="parameter"><code>evtInfo</code></em> pointer should be cast to a <code class="structname">PGEventConnReset *</code>. Although the contained <code class="structname">PGconn</code> was just reset, all event data remains unchanged. This event should be used to reset/reload/requery any associated <code class="literal">instanceData</code>. Note that even if the event procedure fails to process <code class="literal">PGEVT_CONNRESET</code>, it will still receive a <code class="literal">PGEVT_CONNDESTROY</code> event when the connection is closed. </p></dd><dt id="LIBPQ-PGEVT-CONNDESTROY"><span class="term"><code class="literal">PGEVT_CONNDESTROY</code></span></dt><dd><p> The connection destroy event is fired in response to <code class="function">PQfinish</code>. It is the event procedure's responsibility to properly clean up its event data as libpq has no ability to manage this memory. Failure to clean up will lead to memory leaks. </p><pre class="synopsis"> typedef struct { PGconn *conn; } PGEventConnDestroy; </pre><p> When a <code class="literal">PGEVT_CONNDESTROY</code> event is received, the <em class="parameter"><code>evtInfo</code></em> pointer should be cast to a <code class="structname">PGEventConnDestroy *</code>. This event is fired prior to <code class="function">PQfinish</code> performing any other cleanup. The return value of the event procedure is ignored since there is no way of indicating a failure from <code class="function">PQfinish</code>. Also, an event procedure failure should not abort the process of cleaning up unwanted memory. </p></dd><dt id="LIBPQ-PGEVT-RESULTCREATE"><span class="term"><code class="literal">PGEVT_RESULTCREATE</code></span></dt><dd><p> The result creation event is fired in response to any query execution function that generates a result, including <code class="function">PQgetResult</code>. This event will only be fired after the result has been created successfully. </p><pre class="synopsis"> typedef struct { PGconn *conn; PGresult *result; } PGEventResultCreate; </pre><p> When a <code class="literal">PGEVT_RESULTCREATE</code> event is received, the <em class="parameter"><code>evtInfo</code></em> pointer should be cast to a <code class="structname">PGEventResultCreate *</code>. The <em class="parameter"><code>conn</code></em> is the connection used to generate the result. This is the ideal place to initialize any <code class="literal">instanceData</code> that needs to be associated with the result. If the event procedure fails, the result will be cleared and the failure will be propagated. The event procedure must not try to <code class="function">PQclear</code> the result object for itself. When returning a failure code, all cleanup must be performed as no <code class="literal">PGEVT_RESULTDESTROY</code> event will be sent. </p></dd><dt id="LIBPQ-PGEVT-RESULTCOPY"><span class="term"><code class="literal">PGEVT_RESULTCOPY</code></span></dt><dd><p> The result copy event is fired in response to <code class="function">PQcopyResult</code>. This event will only be fired after the copy is complete. Only event procedures that have successfully handled the <code class="literal">PGEVT_RESULTCREATE</code> or <code class="literal">PGEVT_RESULTCOPY</code> event for the source result will receive <code class="literal">PGEVT_RESULTCOPY</code> events. </p><pre class="synopsis"> typedef struct { const PGresult *src; PGresult *dest; } PGEventResultCopy; </pre><p> When a <code class="literal">PGEVT_RESULTCOPY</code> event is received, the <em class="parameter"><code>evtInfo</code></em> pointer should be cast to a <code class="structname">PGEventResultCopy *</code>. The <em class="parameter"><code>src</code></em> result is what was copied while the <em class="parameter"><code>dest</code></em> result is the copy destination. This event can be used to provide a deep copy of <code class="literal">instanceData</code>, since <code class="literal">PQcopyResult</code> cannot do that. If the event procedure fails, the entire copy operation will fail and the <em class="parameter"><code>dest</code></em> result will be cleared. When returning a failure code, all cleanup must be performed as no <code class="literal">PGEVT_RESULTDESTROY</code> event will be sent for the destination result. </p></dd><dt id="LIBPQ-PGEVT-RESULTDESTROY"><span class="term"><code class="literal">PGEVT_RESULTDESTROY</code></span></dt><dd><p> The result destroy event is fired in response to a <code class="function">PQclear</code>. It is the event procedure's responsibility to properly clean up its event data as libpq has no ability to manage this memory. Failure to clean up will lead to memory leaks. </p><pre class="synopsis"> typedef struct { PGresult *result; } PGEventResultDestroy; </pre><p> When a <code class="literal">PGEVT_RESULTDESTROY</code> event is received, the <em class="parameter"><code>evtInfo</code></em> pointer should be cast to a <code class="structname">PGEventResultDestroy *</code>. This event is fired prior to <code class="function">PQclear</code> performing any other cleanup. The return value of the event procedure is ignored since there is no way of indicating a failure from <code class="function">PQclear</code>. Also, an event procedure failure should not abort the process of cleaning up unwanted memory. </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" id="LIBPQ-EVENTS-PROC"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">34.13.2. Event Callback Procedure</h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="LIBPQ-PGEVENTPROC"><span class="term"> <code class="literal">PGEventProc</code> <a id="id-1.7.3.20.5.2.1.1.2" class="indexterm"></a> </span></dt><dd><p> <code class="literal">PGEventProc</code> is a typedef for a pointer to an event procedure, that is, the user callback function that receives events from libpq. The signature of an event procedure must be </p><pre class="synopsis"> int eventproc(PGEventId evtId, void *evtInfo, void *passThrough) </pre><p> The <em class="parameter"><code>evtId</code></em> parameter indicates which <code class="literal">PGEVT</code> event occurred. The <em class="parameter"><code>evtInfo</code></em> pointer must be cast to the appropriate structure type to obtain further information about the event. The <em class="parameter"><code>passThrough</code></em> parameter is the pointer provided to <code class="function">PQregisterEventProc</code> when the event procedure was registered. The function should return a non-zero value if it succeeds and zero if it fails. </p><p> A particular event procedure can be registered only once in any <code class="structname">PGconn</code>. This is because the address of the procedure is used as a lookup key to identify the associated instance data. </p><div class="caution"><h3 class="title">Caution</h3><p> On Windows, functions can have two different addresses: one visible from outside a DLL and another visible from inside the DLL. One should be careful that only one of these addresses is used with <span class="application">libpq</span>'s event-procedure functions, else confusion will result. The simplest rule for writing code that will work is to ensure that event procedures are declared <code class="literal">static</code>. If the procedure's address must be available outside its own source file, expose a separate function to return the address. </p></div></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" id="LIBPQ-EVENTS-FUNCS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">34.13.3. Event Support Functions</h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="LIBPQ-PQREGISTEREVENTPROC"><span class="term"> <code class="function">PQregisterEventProc</code> <a id="id-1.7.3.20.6.2.1.1.2" class="indexterm"></a> </span></dt><dd><p> Registers an event callback procedure with libpq. </p><pre class="synopsis"> int PQregisterEventProc(PGconn *conn, PGEventProc proc, const char *name, void *passThrough); </pre><p> </p><p> An event procedure must be registered once on each <code class="structname">PGconn</code> you want to receive events about. There is no limit, other than memory, on the number of event procedures that can be registered with a connection. The function returns a non-zero value if it succeeds and zero if it fails. </p><p> The <em class="parameter"><code>proc</code></em> argument will be called when a libpq event is fired. Its memory address is also used to lookup <code class="literal">instanceData</code>. The <em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em> argument is used to refer to the event procedure in error messages. This value cannot be <code class="symbol">NULL</code> or a zero-length string. The name string is copied into the <code class="structname">PGconn</code>, so what is passed need not be long-lived. The <em class="parameter"><code>passThrough</code></em> pointer is passed to the <em class="parameter"><code>proc</code></em> whenever an event occurs. This argument can be <code class="symbol">NULL</code>. </p></dd><dt id="LIBPQ-PQSETINSTANCEDATA"><span class="term"> <code class="function">PQsetInstanceData</code> <a id="id-1.7.3.20.6.2.2.1.2" class="indexterm"></a> </span></dt><dd><p> Sets the connection <em class="parameter"><code>conn</code></em>'s <code class="literal">instanceData</code> for procedure <em class="parameter"><code>proc</code></em> to <em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em>. This returns non-zero for success and zero for failure. (Failure is only possible if <em class="parameter"><code>proc</code></em> has not been properly registered in <em class="parameter"><code>conn</code></em>.) </p><pre class="synopsis"> int PQsetInstanceData(PGconn *conn, PGEventProc proc, void *data); </pre><p> </p></dd><dt id="LIBPQ-PQINSTANCEDATA"><span class="term"> <code class="function">PQinstanceData</code> <a id="id-1.7.3.20.6.2.3.1.2" class="indexterm"></a> </span></dt><dd><p> Returns the connection <em class="parameter"><code>conn</code></em>'s <code class="literal">instanceData</code> associated with procedure <em class="parameter"><code>proc</code></em>, or <code class="symbol">NULL</code> if there is none. </p><pre class="synopsis"> void *PQinstanceData(const PGconn *conn, PGEventProc proc); </pre><p> </p></dd><dt id="LIBPQ-PQRESULTSETINSTANCEDATA"><span class="term"> <code class="function">PQresultSetInstanceData</code> <a id="id-1.7.3.20.6.2.4.1.2" class="indexterm"></a> </span></dt><dd><p> Sets the result's <code class="literal">instanceData</code> for <em class="parameter"><code>proc</code></em> to <em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em>. This returns non-zero for success and zero for failure. (Failure is only possible if <em class="parameter"><code>proc</code></em> has not been properly registered in the result.) </p><pre class="synopsis"> int PQresultSetInstanceData(PGresult *res, PGEventProc proc, void *data); </pre><p> </p></dd><dt id="LIBPQ-PQRESULTINSTANCEDATA"><span class="term"> <code class="function">PQresultInstanceData</code> <a id="id-1.7.3.20.6.2.5.1.2" class="indexterm"></a> </span></dt><dd><p> Returns the result's <code class="literal">instanceData</code> associated with <em class="parameter"><code>proc</code></em>, or <code class="symbol">NULL</code> if there is none. </p><pre class="synopsis"> void *PQresultInstanceData(const PGresult *res, PGEventProc proc); </pre><p> </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" id="LIBPQ-EVENTS-EXAMPLE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">34.13.4. Event Example</h3></div></div></div><p> Here is a skeleton example of managing private data associated with libpq connections and results. </p><pre class="programlisting"> /* required header for libpq events (note: includes libpq-fe.h) */ #include <libpq-events.h> /* The instanceData */ typedef struct { int n; char *str; } mydata; /* PGEventProc */ static int myEventProc(PGEventId evtId, void *evtInfo, void *passThrough); int main(void) { mydata *data; PGresult *res; PGconn *conn = PQconnectdb("dbname=postgres options=-csearch_path="); if (PQstatus(conn) != CONNECTION_OK) { fprintf(stderr, "Connection to database failed: %s", PQerrorMessage(conn)); PQfinish(conn); return 1; } /* called once on any connection that should receive events. * Sends a PGEVT_REGISTER to myEventProc. */ if (!PQregisterEventProc(conn, myEventProc, "mydata_proc", NULL)) { fprintf(stderr, "Cannot register PGEventProc\n"); PQfinish(conn); return 1; } /* conn instanceData is available */ data = PQinstanceData(conn, myEventProc); /* Sends a PGEVT_RESULTCREATE to myEventProc */ res = PQexec(conn, "SELECT 1 + 1"); /* result instanceData is available */ data = PQresultInstanceData(res, myEventProc); /* If PG_COPYRES_EVENTS is used, sends a PGEVT_RESULTCOPY to myEventProc */ res_copy = PQcopyResult(res, PG_COPYRES_TUPLES | PG_COPYRES_EVENTS); /* result instanceData is available if PG_COPYRES_EVENTS was * used during the PQcopyResult call. */ data = PQresultInstanceData(res_copy, myEventProc); /* Both clears send a PGEVT_RESULTDESTROY to myEventProc */ PQclear(res); PQclear(res_copy); /* Sends a PGEVT_CONNDESTROY to myEventProc */ PQfinish(conn); return 0; } static int myEventProc(PGEventId evtId, void *evtInfo, void *passThrough) { switch (evtId) { case PGEVT_REGISTER: { PGEventRegister *e = (PGEventRegister *)evtInfo; mydata *data = get_mydata(e->conn); /* associate app specific data with connection */ PQsetInstanceData(e->conn, myEventProc, data); break; } case PGEVT_CONNRESET: { PGEventConnReset *e = (PGEventConnReset *)evtInfo; mydata *data = PQinstanceData(e->conn, myEventProc); if (data) memset(data, 0, sizeof(mydata)); break; } case PGEVT_CONNDESTROY: { PGEventConnDestroy *e = (PGEventConnDestroy *)evtInfo; mydata *data = PQinstanceData(e->conn, myEventProc); /* free instance data because the conn is being destroyed */ if (data) free_mydata(data); break; } case PGEVT_RESULTCREATE: { PGEventResultCreate *e = (PGEventResultCreate *)evtInfo; mydata *conn_data = PQinstanceData(e->conn, myEventProc); mydata *res_data = dup_mydata(conn_data); /* associate app specific data with result (copy it from conn) */ PQsetResultInstanceData(e->result, myEventProc, res_data); break; } case PGEVT_RESULTCOPY: { PGEventResultCopy *e = (PGEventResultCopy *)evtInfo; mydata *src_data = PQresultInstanceData(e->src, myEventProc); mydata *dest_data = dup_mydata(src_data); /* associate app specific data with result (copy it from a result) */ PQsetResultInstanceData(e->dest, myEventProc, dest_data); break; } case PGEVT_RESULTDESTROY: { PGEventResultDestroy *e = (PGEventResultDestroy *)evtInfo; mydata *data = PQresultInstanceData(e->result, myEventProc); /* free instance data because the result is being destroyed */ if (data) free_mydata(data); break; } /* unknown event ID, just return true. */ default: break; } return true; /* event processing succeeded */ } </pre></div></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navfooter"><hr></hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="libpq-notice-processing.html" title="34.12. 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