Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
> If the return value is NULL, use errmsg if you'd like. I'd guess in most
> instances you don't even need to bother freeing errmsg as it is in a
> limited life memory context.
Uh, you're confusing the backend environment with libpq's much more
spartan lifestyle. errmsg will be malloc'd and it will *not* go away
unless the caller free()s it.
regards, tom lane