SPI_PALLOC(3)

💖 SPI_PALLOC(3) — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the manual page for SPI_palloc, straight from the PostgreSQL 14.24 Documentation, and we're gonna make it make sense. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

SPI_palloc — allocate memory in the upper executor context. that's the whole name, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void * SPI_palloc(Size size)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, SPI_palloc allocates memory in the upper executor context. iconic behavior honestly. 🌈

⚠️ this function can only be used while you're connected to SPI. otherwise, it throws an error. not me showing up uninvited and getting yelled at 😭. so yeah: connect to SPI first, then allocate. periodt.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• Size size — size in bytes of storage to allocate. literally just tell it how many bytes you need, bestie. 📏

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

you get a pointer to new storage space of the specified size. it's giving “here's your memory, go be main character.” ✨

💅 and that's the teardown: this page is PostgreSQL 14.24, dated 2026, and its manual footer says SPI_PALLOC(3). mwah. 💖