Table of Contents

43.1. Interface Functions

SPI_connect — connect a C function to the SPI manager

SPI_finish — disconnect a C function from the SPI manager

SPI_execute — execute a command

SPI_exec — execute a read/write command

SPI_execute_with_args — execute a command with out-of-line parameters

SPI_prepare — prepare a statement, without executing it yet

SPI_prepare_cursor — prepare a statement, without executing it yet

SPI_prepare_params — prepare a statement, without executing it yet

SPI_getargcount — return the number of arguments needed by a statement prepared by SPI_prepare

SPI_getargtypeid — return the data type OID for an argument of a statement prepared by SPI_prepare

SPI_is_cursor_plan — return true if a statement prepared by SPI_prepare can be used with SPI_cursor_open

SPI_execute_plan — execute a statement prepared by SPI_prepare

SPI_execute_plan_with_paramlist — execute a statement prepared by SPI_prepare

SPI_execp — execute a statement in read/write mode

SPI_cursor_open — set up a cursor using a statement created with SPI_prepare

SPI_cursor_open_with_args — set up a cursor using a query and parameters

SPI_cursor_open_with_paramlist — set up a cursor using parameters

SPI_cursor_find — find an existing cursor by name

SPI_cursor_fetch — fetch some rows from a cursor

SPI_cursor_move — move a cursor

SPI_scroll_cursor_fetch — fetch some rows from a cursor

SPI_scroll_cursor_move — move a cursor

SPI_cursor_close — close a cursor

SPI_keepplan — save a prepared statement

SPI_saveplan — save a prepared statement

SPI_register_relation — make an ephemeral named relation available by name in SPI queries

SPI_unregister_relation — remove an ephemeral named relation from the registry

SPI_register_trigger_data — make ephemeral trigger data available in SPI queries

43.2. Interface Support Functions

SPI_fname — determine the column name for the specified column number

SPI_fnumber — determine the column number for the specified column name

SPI_getvalue — return the string value of the specified column

SPI_getbinval — return the binary value of the specified column

SPI_gettype — return the data type name of the specified column

SPI_gettypeid — return the data type OID of the specified column

SPI_getrelname — return the name of the specified relation

SPI_getnspname — return the namespace of the specified relation

SPI_result_code_string — return error code as string

43.3. Memory Management

SPI_palloc — allocate memory in the upper executor context

SPI_repalloc — reallocate memory in the upper executor context

SPI_pfree — free memory in the upper executor context

SPI_copytuple — make a copy of a row in the upper executor context

SPI_returntuple — prepare to return a tuple as a Datum

SPI_modifytuple — create a row by replacing selected fields of a given row

SPI_freetuple — free a row allocated in the upper executor context

SPI_freetuptable — free a row set created by SPI_execute or a similar function

SPI_freeplan — free a previously saved prepared statement

43.4. Transaction Management

SPI_commit — commit the current transaction

SPI_rollback — abort the current transaction

SPI_start_transaction — obsolete function

43.5. Visibility of Data Changes

43.6. Examples