libpq-fe.h

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * libpq-fe.h
 *    This file contains definitions for structures and
 *    externs for functions used by frontend postgres applications.
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2018, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

#ifndef LIBPQ_FE_H
#define LIBPQ_FE_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif

#include <stdio.h>

/*
 * postgres_ext.h defines the backend's externally visible types,
 * such as Oid.
 */
#include "postgres_ext.h"

/*
 * Option flags for PQcopyResult
 */
#define PG_COPYRES_ATTRS          0x01
#define PG_COPYRES_TUPLES         0x02  /* Implies PG_COPYRES_ATTRS */
#define PG_COPYRES_EVENTS         0x04
#define PG_COPYRES_NOTICEHOOKS    0x08

/* Application-visible enum types */

/*
 * Although it is okay to add to these lists, values which become unused
 * should never be removed, nor should constants be redefined - that would
 * break compatibility with existing code.
 */

typedef enum
{
    CONNECTION_OK,
    CONNECTION_BAD,
    /* Non-blocking mode only below here */

    /*
     * The existence of these should never be relied upon - they should only
     * be used for user feedback or similar purposes.
     */
    CONNECTION_STARTED,         /* Waiting for connection to be made.  */
    CONNECTION_MADE,            /* Connection OK; waiting to send.     */
    CONNECTION_AWAITING_RESPONSE,   /* Waiting for a response from the
                                     * postmaster.        */
    CONNECTION_AUTH_OK,         /* Received authentication; waiting for
                                 * backend startup. */
    CONNECTION_SETENV,          /* Negotiating environment. */
    CONNECTION_SSL_STARTUP,     /* Negotiating SSL. */
    CONNECTION_NEEDED,          /* Internal state: connect() needed */
    CONNECTION_CHECK_WRITABLE,  /* Check if we could make a writable
                                 * connection. */
    CONNECTION_CONSUME          /* Wait for any pending message and consume
                                 * them. */
} ConnStatusType;

typedef enum
{
    PGRES_POLLING_FAILED = 0,
    PGRES_POLLING_READING,      /* These two indicate that one may    */
    PGRES_POLLING_WRITING,      /* use select before polling again.   */
    PGRES_POLLING_OK,
    PGRES_POLLING_ACTIVE        /* unused; keep for awhile for backwards
                                 * compatibility */
} PostgresPollingStatusType;

typedef enum
{
    PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY = 0,      /* empty query string was executed */
    PGRES_COMMAND_OK,           /* a query command that doesn't return
                                 * anything was executed properly by the
                                 * backend */
    PGRES_TUPLES_OK,            /* a query command that returns tuples was
                                 * executed properly by the backend, PGresult
                                 * contains the result tuples */
    PGRES_COPY_OUT,             /* Copy Out data transfer in progress */
    PGRES_COPY_IN,              /* Copy In data transfer in progress */
    PGRES_BAD_RESPONSE,         /* an unexpected response was recv'd from the
                                 * backend */
    PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR,       /* notice or warning message */
    PGRES_FATAL_ERROR,          /* query failed */
    PGRES_COPY_BOTH,            /* Copy In/Out data transfer in progress */
    PGRES_SINGLE_TUPLE          /* single tuple from larger resultset */
} ExecStatusType;

typedef enum
{
    PQTRANS_IDLE,               /* connection idle */
    PQTRANS_ACTIVE,             /* command in progress */
    PQTRANS_INTRANS,            /* idle, within transaction block */
    PQTRANS_INERROR,            /* idle, within failed transaction */
    PQTRANS_UNKNOWN             /* cannot determine status */
} PGTransactionStatusType;

typedef enum
{
    PQERRORS_TERSE,             /* single-line error messages */
    PQERRORS_DEFAULT,           /* recommended style */
    PQERRORS_VERBOSE            /* all the facts, ma'am */
} PGVerbosity;

typedef enum
{
    PQSHOW_CONTEXT_NEVER,       /* never show CONTEXT field */
    PQSHOW_CONTEXT_ERRORS,      /* show CONTEXT for errors only (default) */
    PQSHOW_CONTEXT_ALWAYS       /* always show CONTEXT field */
} PGContextVisibility;

/*
 * PGPing - The ordering of this enum should not be altered because the
 * values are exposed externally via pg_isready.
 */

typedef enum
{
    PQPING_OK,                  /* server is accepting connections */
    PQPING_REJECT,              /* server is alive but rejecting connections */
    PQPING_NO_RESPONSE,         /* could not establish connection */
    PQPING_NO_ATTEMPT           /* connection not attempted (bad params) */
} PGPing;

/* PGconn encapsulates a connection to the backend.
 * The contents of this struct are not supposed to be known to applications.
 */
typedef struct pg_conn PGconn;

/* PGresult encapsulates the result of a query (or more precisely, of a single
 * SQL command --- a query string given to PQsendQuery can contain multiple
 * commands and thus return multiple PGresult objects).
 * The contents of this struct are not supposed to be known to applications.
 */
typedef struct pg_result PGresult;

/* PGcancel encapsulates the information needed to cancel a running
 * query on an existing connection.
 * The contents of this struct are not supposed to be known to applications.
 */
typedef struct pg_cancel PGcancel;

/* PGnotify represents the occurrence of a NOTIFY message.
 * Ideally this would be an opaque typedef, but it's so simple that it's
 * unlikely to change.
 * NOTE: in Postgres 6.4 and later, the be_pid is the notifying backend's,
 * whereas in earlier versions it was always your own backend's PID.
 */
typedef struct pgNotify
{
    char       *relname;        /* notification condition name */
    int         be_pid;         /* process ID of notifying server process */
    char       *extra;          /* notification parameter */
    /* Fields below here are private to libpq; apps should not use 'em */
    struct pgNotify *next;      /* list link */
} PGnotify;

/* Function types for notice-handling callbacks */
typedef void (*PQnoticeReceiver) (void *arg, const PGresult *res);
typedef void (*PQnoticeProcessor) (void *arg, const char *message);

/* Print options for PQprint() */
typedef char pqbool;

typedef struct _PQprintOpt
{
    pqbool      header;         /* print output field headings and row count */
    pqbool      align;          /* fill align the fields */
    pqbool      standard;       /* old brain dead format */
    pqbool      html3;          /* output html tables */
    pqbool      expanded;       /* expand tables */
    pqbool      pager;          /* use pager for output if needed */
    char       *fieldSep;       /* field separator */
    char       *tableOpt;       /* insert to HTML <table ...> */
    char       *caption;        /* HTML <caption> */
    char      **fieldName;      /* null terminated array of replacement field
                                 * names */
} PQprintOpt;

/* ----------------
 * Structure for the conninfo parameter definitions returned by PQconndefaults
 * or PQconninfoParse.
 *
 * All fields except "val" point at static strings which must not be altered.
 * "val" is either NULL or a malloc'd current-value string.  PQconninfoFree()
 * will release both the val strings and the PQconninfoOption array itself.
 * ----------------
 */
typedef struct _PQconninfoOption
{
    char       *keyword;        /* The keyword of the option            */
    char       *envvar;         /* Fallback environment variable name   */
    char       *compiled;       /* Fallback compiled in default value   */
    char       *val;            /* Option's current value, or NULL       */
    char       *label;          /* Label for field in connect dialog    */
    char       *dispchar;       /* Indicates how to display this field in a
                                 * connect dialog. Values are: "" Display
                                 * entered value as is "*" Password field -
                                 * hide value "D"  Debug option - don't show
                                 * by default */
    int         dispsize;       /* Field size in characters for dialog  */
} PQconninfoOption;

/* ----------------
 * PQArgBlock -- structure for PQfn() arguments
 * ----------------
 */
typedef struct
{
    int         len;
    int         isint;
    union
    {
        int        *ptr;        /* can't use void (dec compiler barfs)   */
        int         integer;
    }           u;
} PQArgBlock;

/* ----------------
 * PGresAttDesc -- Data about a single attribute (column) of a query result
 * ----------------
 */
typedef struct pgresAttDesc
{
    char       *name;           /* column name */
    Oid         tableid;        /* source table, if known */
    int         columnid;       /* source column, if known */
    int         format;         /* format code for value (text/binary) */
    Oid         typid;          /* type id */
    int         typlen;         /* type size */
    int         atttypmod;      /* type-specific modifier info */
} PGresAttDesc;

/* ----------------
 * Exported functions of libpq
 * ----------------
 */

/* ===  in fe-connect.c === */

/* make a new client connection to the backend */
/* Asynchronous (non-blocking) */
extern PGconn *PQconnectStart(const char *conninfo);
extern PGconn *PQconnectStartParams(const char *const *keywords,
                     const char *const *values, int expand_dbname);
extern PostgresPollingStatusType PQconnectPoll(PGconn *conn);

/* Synchronous (blocking) */
extern PGconn *PQconnectdb(const char *conninfo);
extern PGconn *PQconnectdbParams(const char *const *keywords,
                  const char *const *values, int expand_dbname);
extern PGconn *PQsetdbLogin(const char *pghost, const char *pgport,
             const char *pgoptions, const char *pgtty,
             const char *dbName,
             const char *login, const char *pwd);

#define PQsetdb(M_PGHOST,M_PGPORT,M_PGOPT,M_PGTTY,M_DBNAME)  \
    PQsetdbLogin(M_PGHOST, M_PGPORT, M_PGOPT, M_PGTTY, M_DBNAME, NULL, NULL)

/* close the current connection and free the PGconn data structure */
extern void PQfinish(PGconn *conn);

/* get info about connection options known to PQconnectdb */
extern PQconninfoOption *PQconndefaults(void);

/* parse connection options in same way as PQconnectdb */
extern PQconninfoOption *PQconninfoParse(const char *conninfo, char **errmsg);

/* return the connection options used by a live connection */
extern PQconninfoOption *PQconninfo(PGconn *conn);

/* free the data structure returned by PQconndefaults() or PQconninfoParse() */
extern void PQconninfoFree(PQconninfoOption *connOptions);

/*
 * close the current connection and restablish a new one with the same
 * parameters
 */
/* Asynchronous (non-blocking) */
extern int  PQresetStart(PGconn *conn);
extern PostgresPollingStatusType PQresetPoll(PGconn *conn);

/* Synchronous (blocking) */
extern void PQreset(PGconn *conn);

/* request a cancel structure */
extern PGcancel *PQgetCancel(PGconn *conn);

/* free a cancel structure */
extern void PQfreeCancel(PGcancel *cancel);

/* issue a cancel request */
extern int  PQcancel(PGcancel *cancel, char *errbuf, int errbufsize);

/* backwards compatible version of PQcancel; not thread-safe */
extern int  PQrequestCancel(PGconn *conn);

/* Accessor functions for PGconn objects */
extern char *PQdb(const PGconn *conn);
extern char *PQuser(const PGconn *conn);
extern char *PQpass(const PGconn *conn);
extern char *PQhost(const PGconn *conn);
extern char *PQport(const PGconn *conn);
extern char *PQtty(const PGconn *conn);
extern char *PQoptions(const PGconn *conn);
extern ConnStatusType PQstatus(const PGconn *conn);
extern PGTransactionStatusType PQtransactionStatus(const PGconn *conn);
extern const char *PQparameterStatus(const PGconn *conn,
                  const char *paramName);
extern int  PQprotocolVersion(const PGconn *conn);
extern int  PQserverVersion(const PGconn *conn);
extern char *PQerrorMessage(const PGconn *conn);
extern int  PQsocket(const PGconn *conn);
extern int  PQbackendPID(const PGconn *conn);
extern int  PQconnectionNeedsPassword(const PGconn *conn);
extern int  PQconnectionUsedPassword(const PGconn *conn);
extern int  PQclientEncoding(const PGconn *conn);
extern int  PQsetClientEncoding(PGconn *conn, const char *encoding);

/* SSL information functions */
extern int  PQsslInUse(PGconn *conn);
extern void *PQsslStruct(PGconn *conn, const char *struct_name);
extern const char *PQsslAttribute(PGconn *conn, const char *attribute_name);
extern const char *const *PQsslAttributeNames(PGconn *conn);

/* Get the OpenSSL structure associated with a connection. Returns NULL for
 * unencrypted connections or if any other TLS library is in use. */
extern void *PQgetssl(PGconn *conn);

/* Tell libpq whether it needs to initialize OpenSSL */
extern void PQinitSSL(int do_init);

/* More detailed way to tell libpq whether it needs to initialize OpenSSL */
extern void PQinitOpenSSL(int do_ssl, int do_crypto);

/* Set verbosity for PQerrorMessage and PQresultErrorMessage */
extern PGVerbosity PQsetErrorVerbosity(PGconn *conn, PGVerbosity verbosity);

/* Set CONTEXT visibility for PQerrorMessage and PQresultErrorMessage */
extern PGContextVisibility PQsetErrorContextVisibility(PGconn *conn,
                            PGContextVisibility show_context);

/* Enable/disable tracing */
extern void PQtrace(PGconn *conn, FILE *debug_port);
extern void PQuntrace(PGconn *conn);

/* Override default notice handling routines */
extern PQnoticeReceiver PQsetNoticeReceiver(PGconn *conn,
                    PQnoticeReceiver proc,
                    void *arg);
extern PQnoticeProcessor PQsetNoticeProcessor(PGconn *conn,
                     PQnoticeProcessor proc,
                     void *arg);

/*
 *     Used to set callback that prevents concurrent access to
 *     non-thread safe functions that libpq needs.
 *     The default implementation uses a libpq internal mutex.
 *     Only required for multithreaded apps that use kerberos
 *     both within their app and for postgresql connections.
 */
typedef void (*pgthreadlock_t) (int acquire);

extern pgthreadlock_t PQregisterThreadLock(pgthreadlock_t newhandler);

/* === in fe-exec.c === */

/* Simple synchronous query */
extern PGresult *PQexec(PGconn *conn, const char *query);
extern PGresult *PQexecParams(PGconn *conn,
             const char *command,
             int nParams,
             const Oid *paramTypes,
             const char *const *paramValues,
             const int *paramLengths,
             const int *paramFormats,
             int resultFormat);
extern PGresult *PQprepare(PGconn *conn, const char *stmtName,
          const char *query, int nParams,
          const Oid *paramTypes);
extern PGresult *PQexecPrepared(PGconn *conn,
               const char *stmtName,
               int nParams,
               const char *const *paramValues,
               const int *paramLengths,
               const int *paramFormats,
               int resultFormat);

/* Interface for multiple-result or asynchronous queries */
extern int  PQsendQuery(PGconn *conn, const char *query);
extern int PQsendQueryParams(PGconn *conn,
                  const char *command,
                  int nParams,
                  const Oid *paramTypes,
                  const char *const *paramValues,
                  const int *paramLengths,
                  const int *paramFormats,
                  int resultFormat);
extern int PQsendPrepare(PGconn *conn, const char *stmtName,
              const char *query, int nParams,
              const Oid *paramTypes);
extern int PQsendQueryPrepared(PGconn *conn,
                    const char *stmtName,
                    int nParams,
                    const char *const *paramValues,
                    const int *paramLengths,
                    const int *paramFormats,
                    int resultFormat);
extern int  PQsetSingleRowMode(PGconn *conn);
extern PGresult *PQgetResult(PGconn *conn);

/* Routines for managing an asynchronous query */
extern int  PQisBusy(PGconn *conn);
extern int  PQconsumeInput(PGconn *conn);

/* LISTEN/NOTIFY support */
extern PGnotify *PQnotifies(PGconn *conn);

/* Routines for copy in/out */
extern int  PQputCopyData(PGconn *conn, const char *buffer, int nbytes);
extern int  PQputCopyEnd(PGconn *conn, const char *errormsg);
extern int  PQgetCopyData(PGconn *conn, char **buffer, int async);

/* Deprecated routines for copy in/out */
extern int  PQgetline(PGconn *conn, char *string, int length);
extern int  PQputline(PGconn *conn, const char *string);
extern int  PQgetlineAsync(PGconn *conn, char *buffer, int bufsize);
extern int  PQputnbytes(PGconn *conn, const char *buffer, int nbytes);
extern int  PQendcopy(PGconn *conn);

/* Set blocking/nonblocking connection to the backend */
extern int  PQsetnonblocking(PGconn *conn, int arg);
extern int  PQisnonblocking(const PGconn *conn);
extern int  PQisthreadsafe(void);
extern PGPing PQping(const char *conninfo);
extern PGPing PQpingParams(const char *const *keywords,
             const char *const *values, int expand_dbname);

/* Force the write buffer to be written (or at least try) */
extern int  PQflush(PGconn *conn);

/*
 * "Fast path" interface --- not really recommended for application
 * use
 */
extern PGresult *PQfn(PGconn *conn,
     int fnid,
     int *result_buf,
     int *result_len,
     int result_is_int,
     const PQArgBlock *args,
     int nargs);

/* Accessor functions for PGresult objects */
extern ExecStatusType PQresultStatus(const PGresult *res);
extern char *PQresStatus(ExecStatusType status);
extern char *PQresultErrorMessage(const PGresult *res);
extern char *PQresultVerboseErrorMessage(const PGresult *res,
                            PGVerbosity verbosity,
                            PGContextVisibility show_context);
extern char *PQresultErrorField(const PGresult *res, int fieldcode);
extern int  PQntuples(const PGresult *res);
extern int  PQnfields(const PGresult *res);
extern int  PQbinaryTuples(const PGresult *res);
extern char *PQfname(const PGresult *res, int field_num);
extern int  PQfnumber(const PGresult *res, const char *field_name);
extern Oid  PQftable(const PGresult *res, int field_num);
extern int  PQftablecol(const PGresult *res, int field_num);
extern int  PQfformat(const PGresult *res, int field_num);
extern Oid  PQftype(const PGresult *res, int field_num);
extern int  PQfsize(const PGresult *res, int field_num);
extern int  PQfmod(const PGresult *res, int field_num);
extern char *PQcmdStatus(PGresult *res);
extern char *PQoidStatus(const PGresult *res);  /* old and ugly */
extern Oid  PQoidValue(const PGresult *res);    /* new and improved */
extern char *PQcmdTuples(PGresult *res);
extern char *PQgetvalue(const PGresult *res, int tup_num, int field_num);
extern int  PQgetlength(const PGresult *res, int tup_num, int field_num);
extern int  PQgetisnull(const PGresult *res, int tup_num, int field_num);
extern int  PQnparams(const PGresult *res);
extern Oid  PQparamtype(const PGresult *res, int param_num);

/* Describe prepared statements and portals */
extern PGresult *PQdescribePrepared(PGconn *conn, const char *stmt);
extern PGresult *PQdescribePortal(PGconn *conn, const char *portal);
extern int  PQsendDescribePrepared(PGconn *conn, const char *stmt);
extern int  PQsendDescribePortal(PGconn *conn, const char *portal);

/* Delete a PGresult */
extern void PQclear(PGresult *res);

/* For freeing other alloc'd results, such as PGnotify structs */
extern void PQfreemem(void *ptr);

/* Exists for backward compatibility.  bjm 2003-03-24 */
#define PQfreeNotify(ptr) PQfreemem(ptr)

/* Error when no password was given. */
/* Note: depending on this is deprecated; use PQconnectionNeedsPassword(). */
#define PQnoPasswordSupplied    "fe_sendauth: no password supplied\n"

/* Create and manipulate PGresults */
extern PGresult *PQmakeEmptyPGresult(PGconn *conn, ExecStatusType status);
extern PGresult *PQcopyResult(const PGresult *src, int flags);
extern int  PQsetResultAttrs(PGresult *res, int numAttributes, PGresAttDesc *attDescs);
extern void *PQresultAlloc(PGresult *res, size_t nBytes);
extern int  PQsetvalue(PGresult *res, int tup_num, int field_num, char *value, int len);

/* Quoting strings before inclusion in queries. */
extern size_t PQescapeStringConn(PGconn *conn,
                   char *to, const char *from, size_t length,
                   int *error);
extern char *PQescapeLiteral(PGconn *conn, const char *str, size_t len);
extern char *PQescapeIdentifier(PGconn *conn, const char *str, size_t len);
extern unsigned char *PQescapeByteaConn(PGconn *conn,
                  const unsigned char *from, size_t from_length,
                  size_t *to_length);
extern unsigned char *PQunescapeBytea(const unsigned char *strtext,
                size_t *retbuflen);

/* These forms are deprecated! */
extern size_t PQescapeString(char *to, const char *from, size_t length);
extern unsigned char *PQescapeBytea(const unsigned char *from, size_t from_length,
              size_t *to_length);



/* === in fe-print.c === */

extern void PQprint(FILE *fout,             /* output stream */
        const PGresult *res,
        const PQprintOpt *ps);  /* option structure */

/*
 * really old printing routines
 */
extern void PQdisplayTuples(const PGresult *res,
                FILE *fp,       /* where to send the output */
                int fillAlign,  /* pad the fields with spaces */
                const char *fieldSep,   /* field separator */
                int printHeader,    /* display headers? */
                int quiet);

extern void PQprintTuples(const PGresult *res,
              FILE *fout,       /* output stream */
              int printAttName, /* print attribute names */
              int terseOutput,  /* delimiter bars */
              int width);       /* width of column, if 0, use variable width */


/* === in fe-lobj.c === */

/* Large-object access routines */
extern int  lo_open(PGconn *conn, Oid lobjId, int mode);
extern int  lo_close(PGconn *conn, int fd);
extern int  lo_read(PGconn *conn, int fd, char *buf, size_t len);
extern int  lo_write(PGconn *conn, int fd, const char *buf, size_t len);
extern int  lo_lseek(PGconn *conn, int fd, int offset, int whence);
extern pg_int64 lo_lseek64(PGconn *conn, int fd, pg_int64 offset, int whence);
extern Oid  lo_creat(PGconn *conn, int mode);
extern Oid  lo_create(PGconn *conn, Oid lobjId);
extern int  lo_tell(PGconn *conn, int fd);
extern pg_int64 lo_tell64(PGconn *conn, int fd);
extern int  lo_truncate(PGconn *conn, int fd, size_t len);
extern int  lo_truncate64(PGconn *conn, int fd, pg_int64 len);
extern int  lo_unlink(PGconn *conn, Oid lobjId);
extern Oid  lo_import(PGconn *conn, const char *filename);
extern Oid  lo_import_with_oid(PGconn *conn, const char *filename, Oid lobjId);
extern int  lo_export(PGconn *conn, Oid lobjId, const char *filename);

/* === in fe-misc.c === */

/* Get the version of the libpq library in use */
extern int  PQlibVersion(void);

/* Determine length of multibyte encoded char at *s */
extern int  PQmblen(const char *s, int encoding);

/* Determine display length of multibyte encoded char at *s */
extern int  PQdsplen(const char *s, int encoding);

/* Get encoding id from environment variable PGCLIENTENCODING */
extern int  PQenv2encoding(void);

/* === in fe-auth.c === */

extern char *PQencryptPassword(const char *passwd, const char *user);
extern char *PQencryptPasswordConn(PGconn *conn, const char *passwd, const char *user, const char *algorithm);

/* === in encnames.c === */

extern int  pg_char_to_encoding(const char *name);
extern const char *pg_encoding_to_char(int encoding);
extern int  pg_valid_server_encoding_id(int encoding);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif                          /* LIBPQ_FE_H */