OCIMemoryAlloc()

Purpose

This call allocates memory of a given size from a given duration.

Syntax

sword OCIMemoryAlloc( dvoid        *hndl, 
                      OCIError     *err, 
                      dvoid        **mem, 
                      OCIDuration  dur, 
                      ub4          size, 
                      ub4          flags );

Parameters

hndl (IN)

The OCI environment handle.

err (IN)

The error handle.

mem (OUT)

Memory allocated.

dur (IN)

One of the following (a previously created user duration):

OCI_DURATION_CALLOUT

OCI_DURATION_STATEMENT

OCI_DURATION_SESSION

OCI_DURATION_PROCESS

size (IN)

Size of memory to be allocated.

flags (IN)

Set OCI_MEMORY_CLEARED bit to get memory that has been cleared.

Comments

To allocate memory for duration of callout of agent, i.e., external procedure duration, use OCIExtProcAllocCallMemory() or OCIMemoryAlloc() with dur as OCI_DURATION_CALLOUT.

Returns

Error code.