Function putVariable

src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c:1649–1668

Assign a string value to a variable, creating it if need be */ Returns false on failure (bad name) */

/* Assign a string value to a variable, creating it if need be */
/* Returns false on failure (bad name) */
static bool
putVariable(CState *st, const char *context, char *name, const char *value)
{
	Variable   *var;
	char	   *val;

	var = lookupCreateVariable(st, context, name);
	if (!var)
		return false;

	/* dup then free, in case value is pointing at this variable */
	val = pg_strdup(value);

	if (var->svalue)
		free(var->svalue);
	var->svalue = val;
	var->value.type = PGBT_NO_VALUE;

	return true;
}

/* Assign a value to a variable, creating it if need be */
/* Returns false on failure (bad name) */