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+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * datum.c--
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ *
+ * IDENTIFICATION
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/datum.c,v 1.1.1.1 1996/07/09 06:22:03 scrappy Exp $
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+/*
+ * In the implementation of the next routines we assume the following:
+ *
+ * A) if a type is "byVal" then all the information is stored in the
+ * Datum itself (i.e. no pointers involved!). In this case the
+ * length of the type is always greater than zero and less than
+ * "sizeof(Datum)"
+ * B) if a type is not "byVal" and it has a fixed length, then
+ * the "Datum" always contain a pointer to a stream of bytes.
+ * The number of significant bytes are always equal to the length of the
+ * type.
+ * C) if a type is not "byVal" and is of variable length (i.e. it has
+ * length == -1) then "Datum" always points to a "struct varlena".
+ * This varlena structure has information about the actual length of this
+ * particular instance of the type and about its value.
+ *
+ */
+#include <string.h>
+#include "postgres.h"
+#include "utils/datum.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_type.h"
+#include "utils/elog.h"
+#include "utils/palloc.h"
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * datumGetSize
+ *
+ * Find the "real" size of a datum, given the datum value,
+ * its type, whether it is a "by value", and its length.
+ *
+ * To cut a long story short, usually the real size is equal to the
+ * type length, with the exception of variable length types which have
+ * a length equal to -1. In this case, we have to look at the value of
+ * the datum itself (which is a pointer to a 'varlena' struct) to find
+ * its size.
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+Size
+datumGetSize(Datum value, Oid type, bool byVal, Size len)
+{
+
+ struct varlena *s;
+ Size size;
+
+ if (byVal) {
+ if (len >= 0 && len <= sizeof(Datum)) {
+ size = len;
+ } else {
+ elog(WARN,
+ "datumGetSize: Error: type=%ld, byVaL with len=%d",
+ (long) type, len);
+ }
+ } else { /* not byValue */
+ if (len == -1) {
+ /*
+ * variable length type
+ * Look at the varlena struct for its real length...
+ */
+ s = (struct varlena *) DatumGetPointer(value);
+ if (!PointerIsValid(s)) {
+ elog(WARN,
+ "datumGetSize: Invalid Datum Pointer");
+ }
+ size = (Size) VARSIZE(s);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * fixed length type
+ */
+ size = len;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return(size);
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * datumCopy
+ *
+ * make a copy of a datum
+ *
+ * If the type of the datum is not passed by value (i.e. "byVal=false")
+ * then we assume that the datum contains a pointer and we copy all the
+ * bytes pointed by this pointer
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+Datum
+datumCopy(Datum value, Oid type, bool byVal, Size len)
+{
+
+ Size realSize;
+ Datum res;
+ char *s;
+
+
+ if (byVal) {
+ res = value;
+ } else {
+ if (value == 0) return((Datum)NULL);
+ realSize = datumGetSize(value, type, byVal, len);
+ /*
+ * the value is a pointer. Allocate enough space
+ * and copy the pointed data.
+ */
+ s = (char *) palloc(realSize);
+ if (s == NULL) {
+ elog(WARN,"datumCopy: out of memory\n");
+ }
+ memmove(s, DatumGetPointer(value), realSize);
+ res = (Datum)s;
+ }
+ return(res);
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * datumFree
+ *
+ * Free the space occupied by a datum CREATED BY "datumCopy"
+ *
+ * NOTE: DO NOT USE THIS ROUTINE with datums returned by amgetattr() etc.
+ * ONLY datums created by "datumCopy" can be freed!
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+void
+datumFree(Datum value, Oid type, bool byVal, Size len)
+{
+
+ Size realSize;
+ Pointer s;
+
+ realSize = datumGetSize(value, type, byVal, len);
+
+ if (!byVal) {
+ /*
+ * free the space palloced by "datumCopy()"
+ */
+ s = DatumGetPointer(value);
+ pfree(s);
+ }
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * datumIsEqual
+ *
+ * Return true if two datums are equal, false otherwise
+ *
+ * NOTE: XXX!
+ * We just compare the bytes of the two values, one by one.
+ * This routine will return false if there are 2 different
+ * representations of the same value (something along the lines
+ * of say the representation of zero in one's complement arithmetic).
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+bool
+datumIsEqual(Datum value1, Datum value2, Oid type, bool byVal, Size len)
+{
+ Size size1, size2;
+ char *s1, *s2;
+
+ if (byVal) {
+ /*
+ * just compare the two datums.
+ * NOTE: just comparing "len" bytes will not do the
+ * work, because we do not know how these bytes
+ * are aligned inside the "Datum".
+ */
+ if (value1 == value2)
+ return(true);
+ else
+ return(false);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * byVal = false
+ * Compare the bytes pointed by the pointers stored in the
+ * datums.
+ */
+ size1 = datumGetSize(value1, type, byVal, len);
+ size2 = datumGetSize(value2, type, byVal, len);
+ if (size1 != size2)
+ return(false);
+ s1 = (char *) DatumGetPointer(value1);
+ s2 = (char *) DatumGetPointer(value2);
+ if (!memcmp(s1, s2, size1))
+ return(true);
+ else
+ return(false);
+ }
+}
+