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-/************************************************
-
-  pg.c -
-
-  Author: matz 
-  created at: Tue May 13 20:07:35 JST 1997
-
-  Author: ematsu
-  modified at: Wed Jan 20 16:41:51 1999
-
-  $Author: ged $
-  $Date: 2012/01/03 23:14:35 $
-************************************************/
-
-#include "pg.h"
-#if defined(HAVE_RUBY_ENCODING_H) && HAVE_RUBY_ENCODING_H
-# define M17N_SUPPORTED
-#endif
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	// for O_RDWR and O_BINARY
-	#include <fcntl.h>
-#endif
-
-#define rb_define_singleton_alias(klass,new,old) rb_define_alias(rb_singleton_class(klass),new,old)
-
-static VALUE rb_cPGconn;
-static VALUE rb_cPGresult;
-static VALUE rb_ePGError;
-
-static const char *VERSION = "0.12.2";
-
-
-/* The following functions are part of libpq, but not
- * available from ruby-pg, because they are deprecated,
- * obsolete, or generally not useful:
- *
- * * PQfreemem -- unnecessary: copied to ruby object, then
- *                freed. Ruby object's memory is freed when
- *                it is garbage collected.
- * * PQbinaryTuples -- better to use PQfformat
- * * PQprint -- not very useful
- * * PQsetdb -- not very useful
- * * PQoidStatus -- deprecated, use PQoidValue
- * * PQrequestCancel -- deprecated, use PQcancel
- * * PQfn -- use a prepared statement instead
- * * PQgetline -- deprecated, use PQgetCopyData
- * * PQgetlineAsync -- deprecated, use PQgetCopyData
- * * PQputline -- deprecated, use PQputCopyData
- * * PQputnbytes -- deprecated, use PQputCopyData
- * * PQendcopy -- deprecated, use PQputCopyEnd
- */
-
-/***************************************************************************
- * UTILITY FUNCTIONS
- **************************************************************************/
-
-static void free_pgconn( PGconn * );
-static void pgresult_check( VALUE, VALUE );
-
-static PGconn *get_pgconn( VALUE );
-static VALUE pgconn_finish( VALUE );
-static VALUE pgresult_clear( VALUE );
-static VALUE pgresult_aref( VALUE, VALUE );
-static VALUE make_column_result_array( VALUE, int );
-
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED
-# define ASSOCIATE_INDEX( obj, index_holder ) rb_enc_associate_index((obj), enc_get_index((index_holder)))
-static rb_encoding * pgconn_get_client_encoding_as_rb_encoding( PGconn * );
-static const char *  pgconn_get_rb_encoding_as_pg_encname( rb_encoding * );
-static int enc_get_index( VALUE );
-#else
-# define ASSOCIATE_INDEX( obj, index_holder ) /* nothing */
-#endif
-
-static PQnoticeReceiver default_notice_receiver = NULL;
-static PQnoticeProcessor default_notice_processor = NULL;
-
-
-static void
-free_pgconn(PGconn *conn)
-{
-	if(conn != NULL)
-		PQfinish(conn);
-}
-
-static void
-free_pgresult(PGresult *result)
-{
-	if(result != NULL)
-		PQclear(result);
-}
-
-static PGconn*
-get_pgconn(VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn;
-	Data_Get_Struct(self, PGconn, conn);
-	if (conn == NULL) rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "not connected");
-	return conn;
-}
-
-static PGresult*
-get_pgresult(VALUE self)
-{
-	PGresult *result;
-	Data_Get_Struct(self, PGresult, result);
-	if (result == NULL) rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "result has been cleared");
-	return result;
-}
-
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED
-static VALUE
-new_pgresult(PGresult *result, PGconn *conn)
-{
-	 VALUE val = Data_Wrap_Struct(rb_cPGresult, NULL, free_pgresult, result);
-	 rb_encoding *enc = pgconn_get_client_encoding_as_rb_encoding(conn);
-	 rb_enc_set_index(val, rb_enc_to_index(enc));
-	 return val;
-}
-#else
-static VALUE
-new_pgresult(PGresult *result)
-{
-	return Data_Wrap_Struct(rb_cPGresult, NULL, free_pgresult, result);
-}
-# define new_pgresult(result, conn) new_pgresult((result))
-#endif
-
-/*
- * Raises appropriate exception if PGresult is
- * in a bad state.
- */
-static void
-pgresult_check(VALUE rb_pgconn, VALUE rb_pgresult)
-{
-	VALUE error, exception;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(rb_pgconn);
-	PGresult *result;
-	Data_Get_Struct(rb_pgresult, PGresult, result);
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED
-	rb_encoding *enc = pgconn_get_client_encoding_as_rb_encoding(conn);
-#endif
-
-	if(result == NULL)
-	{
-		error = rb_str_new2( PQerrorMessage(conn) );
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		switch (PQresultStatus(result))
-		{
-		case PGRES_TUPLES_OK:
-		case PGRES_COPY_OUT:
-		case PGRES_COPY_IN:
-		case PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY:
-		case PGRES_COMMAND_OK:
-			return;
-		case PGRES_BAD_RESPONSE:
-		case PGRES_FATAL_ERROR:
-		case PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR:
-			error = rb_str_new2( PQresultErrorMessage(result) );
-			break;
-		default:
-			error = rb_str_new2( "internal error : unknown result status." );
-		}
-	}
-
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED
-	rb_enc_set_index( error, rb_enc_to_index(enc) );
-#endif
-	exception = rb_exc_new3( rb_ePGError, error );
-	rb_iv_set( exception, "@connection", rb_pgconn );
-	rb_iv_set( exception, "@result", rb_pgresult );
-	rb_exc_raise( exception );
-
-	return;
-}
-
-static void
-notice_receiver_proxy(void *arg, const PGresult *result)
-{
-	VALUE proc;
-	VALUE self = (VALUE)arg;
-
-	if ((proc = rb_iv_get(self, "@notice_receiver")) != Qnil) {
-		rb_funcall(proc, rb_intern("call"), 1, 
-			Data_Wrap_Struct(rb_cPGresult, NULL, NULL, (PGresult*)result));
-	}
-	return;
-}
-
-static void
-notice_processor_proxy(void *arg, const char *message)
-{
-	VALUE proc;
-	VALUE self = (VALUE)arg;
-
-	if ((proc = rb_iv_get(self, "@notice_processor")) != Qnil) {
-		rb_funcall(proc, rb_intern("call"), 1, rb_tainted_str_new2(message));
-	}
-	return;
-}
-
-
-/********************************************************************
- *
- * Document-class: PGError
- *
- * This is the exception class raised when an error is returned from
- * a libpq API call.
- * 
- * The attributes +connection+ and +result+ are set to the connection
- * object and result set object, respectively.
- *
- * If the connection object or result set object is not available from
- * the context in which the error was encountered, it is +nil+.
- */
-
-/********************************************************************
- * 
- * Document-class: PGconn
- *
- * The class to access PostgreSQL RDBMS, based on the libpq interface, 
- * provides convenient OO methods to interact with PostgreSQL.
- *
- * For example, to send query to the database on the localhost:
- *    require 'pg'
- *    conn = PGconn.open(:dbname => 'test')
- *    res = conn.exec('SELECT $1 AS a, $2 AS b, $3 AS c',[1, 2, nil])
- *    # Equivalent to:
- *    #  res  = conn.exec('SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS b, NULL AS c')
- *
- * See the PGresult class for information on working with the results of a query.
- *
- */
-
-static VALUE
-pgconn_alloc(VALUE klass)
-{
-	return Data_Wrap_Struct(klass, NULL, free_pgconn, NULL);
-}
-
-/**************************************************************************
- * PGconn SINGLETON METHODS
- **************************************************************************/
-
-/*
- * Document-method: new
- *
- * call-seq:
- *    PGconn.new -> PGconn
- *    PGconn.new(connection_hash) -> PGconn
- *    PGconn.new(connection_string) -> PGconn
- *    PGconn.new(host, port, options, tty, dbname, user, password) ->  PGconn
- * 
- * Create a connection to the specified server.
- * 
- * [+host+]
- *   server hostname
- * [+hostaddr+]
- *   server address (avoids hostname lookup, overrides +host+)
- * [+port+]
- *   server port number
- * [+dbname+]
- *   connecting database name
- * [+user+]
- *   login user name
- * [+password+]
- *   login password
- * [+connect_timeout+]
- *   maximum time to wait for connection to succeed
- * [+options+]
- *   backend options
- * [+tty+]
- *   (ignored in newer versions of PostgreSQL)
- * [+sslmode+]
- *   (disable|allow|prefer|require)
- * [+krbsrvname+]
- *   kerberos service name
- * [+gsslib+]
- *   GSS library to use for GSSAPI authentication
- * [+service+]
- *   service name to use for additional parameters
- * 
- * Examples:
- * 
- *   # Connect using all defaults
- *   PGconn.connect
- *
- *   # As a Hash
- *   PGconn.connect( :dbname => 'test', :port => 5432 )
- *   
- *   # As a String
- *   PGconn.connect( "dbname=test port=5432" )
- *   
- *   # As an Array
- *   PGconn.connect( nil, 5432, nil, nil, 'test', nil, nil )
- *  
- * If the Ruby default internal encoding is set (i.e., Encoding.default_internal != nil), the
- * connection will have its +client_encoding+ set accordingly.
- * 
- * Raises a PGError if the connection fails.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_init(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = NULL;
-	VALUE conninfo;
-	VALUE error;
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED	
-	rb_encoding *enc;
-	const char *encname;
-#endif
-
-	conninfo = rb_funcall2( rb_cPGconn, rb_intern("parse_connect_args"), argc, argv );
-	conn = PQconnectdb(StringValuePtr(conninfo));
-
-	if(conn == NULL)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "PQconnectStart() unable to allocate structure");
-
-	Check_Type(self, T_DATA);
-	DATA_PTR(self) = conn;
-
-	if (PQstatus(conn) == CONNECTION_BAD) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED
-	/* If Ruby has its Encoding.default_internal set, set PostgreSQL's client_encoding 
-	 * to match */
-	if (( enc = rb_default_internal_encoding() )) {
-		encname = pgconn_get_rb_encoding_as_pg_encname( enc );
-		if ( PQsetClientEncoding(conn, encname) != 0 )
-			rb_warn( "Failed to set the default_internal encoding to %s: '%s'",
-			         encname, PQerrorMessage(conn) );
-	}
-#endif
-
-	if (rb_block_given_p()) {
-		return rb_ensure(rb_yield, self, pgconn_finish, self);
-	}
-	return self;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    PGconn.connect_start(connection_hash)       -> PGconn
- *    PGconn.connect_start(connection_string)     -> PGconn
- *    PGconn.connect_start(host, port, options, tty, dbname, login, password) ->  PGconn
- *
- * This is an asynchronous version of PGconn.connect().
- *
- * Use PGconn#connect_poll to poll the status of the connection.
- *
- * NOTE: this does *not* set the connection's +client_encoding+ for you if 
- * Encoding.default_internal is set. To set it after the connection is established, 
- * call PGconn#internal_encoding=. You can also set it automatically by setting 
- * ENV['PGCLIENTENCODING'], or include the 'options' connection parameter.
- * 
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_s_connect_start(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = NULL;
-	VALUE rb_conn;
-	VALUE conninfo;
-	VALUE error;
-
-	/*
-	 * PGconn.connect_start must act as both alloc() and initialize()
-	 * because it is not invoked by calling new().
-	 */
-	rb_conn = pgconn_alloc(rb_cPGconn);
-
-	conninfo = rb_funcall2( rb_cPGconn, rb_intern("parse_connect_args"), argc, argv );
-	conn = PQconnectStart(StringValuePtr(conninfo));
-
-	if(conn == NULL)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "PQconnectStart() unable to allocate structure");
-	if (PQstatus(conn) == CONNECTION_BAD) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-
-	Check_Type(rb_conn, T_DATA);
-	DATA_PTR(rb_conn) = conn;
-
-	if (rb_block_given_p()) {
-		return rb_ensure(rb_yield, self, pgconn_finish, self);
-	}
-	return rb_conn;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    PGconn.conndefaults() -> Array
- *
- * Returns an array of hashes. Each hash has the keys:
- * [+:keyword+]
- *   the name of the option
- * [+:envvar+]
- *   the environment variable to fall back to
- * [+:compiled+]
- *   the compiled in option as a secondary fallback
- * [+:val+]
- *   the option's current value, or +nil+ if not known
- * [+:label+]
- *   the label for the field
- * [+:dispchar+]
- *   "" for normal, "D" for debug, and "*" for password
- * [+:dispsize+]
- *   field size
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_s_conndefaults(VALUE self)
-{
-	PQconninfoOption *options = PQconndefaults();
-	VALUE ary = rb_ary_new();
-	VALUE hash;
-	int i = 0;
-
-	for(i = 0; options[i].keyword != NULL; i++) {
-		hash = rb_hash_new();
-		if(options[i].keyword)
-			rb_hash_aset(hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("keyword")), 
-				rb_str_new2(options[i].keyword));
-		if(options[i].envvar)
-			rb_hash_aset(hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("envvar")), 
-				rb_str_new2(options[i].envvar));
-		if(options[i].compiled)
-			rb_hash_aset(hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("compiled")), 
-				rb_str_new2(options[i].compiled));
-		if(options[i].val)
-			rb_hash_aset(hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("val")), 
-				rb_str_new2(options[i].val));
-		if(options[i].label)
-			rb_hash_aset(hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("label")), 
-				rb_str_new2(options[i].label));
-		if(options[i].dispchar)
-			rb_hash_aset(hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("dispchar")), 
-				rb_str_new2(options[i].dispchar));
-		rb_hash_aset(hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("dispsize")), 
-			INT2NUM(options[i].dispsize));
-		rb_ary_push(ary, hash);
-	}
-	PQconninfoFree(options);
-	return ary;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    PGconn.encrypt_password( password, username ) -> String
- *
- * This function is intended to be used by client applications that
- * send commands like: +ALTER USER joe PASSWORD 'pwd'+.
- * The arguments are the cleartext password, and the SQL name 
- * of the user it is for.
- *
- * Return value is the encrypted password.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_s_encrypt_password(VALUE self, VALUE password, VALUE username)
-{
-	char *encrypted = NULL;
-	VALUE rval = Qnil;
-
-	Check_Type(password, T_STRING);
-	Check_Type(username, T_STRING);
-
-	encrypted = PQencryptPassword(StringValuePtr(password), StringValuePtr(username));
-	rval = rb_str_new2( encrypted );
-	PQfreemem( encrypted );
-
-	OBJ_INFECT( rval, password );
-	OBJ_INFECT( rval, username );
-
-	return rval;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    PGconn.isthreadsafe() -> Boolean
- *
- * Returns +true+ if libpq is thread safe, +false+ otherwise.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_s_isthreadsafe(VALUE self)
-{
-	return PQisthreadsafe() ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
-}
-
-/**************************************************************************
- * PGconn INSTANCE METHODS
- **************************************************************************/
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.connect_poll() -> Fixnum
- *
- * Returns one of:
- * [+PGRES_POLLING_READING+]
- *   wait until the socket is ready to read
- * [+PGRES_POLLING_WRITING+]
- *   wait until the socket is ready to write
- * [+PGRES_POLLING_FAILED+]
- *   the asynchronous connection has failed
- * [+PGRES_POLLING_OK+]
- *   the asynchronous connection is ready
- *
- * Example:
- *   conn = PGconn.connect_start("dbname=mydatabase")
- *   socket = IO.for_fd(conn.socket)
- *   status = conn.connect_poll
- *   while(status != PGconn::PGRES_POLLING_OK) do
- *     # do some work while waiting for the connection to complete
- *     if(status == PGconn::PGRES_POLLING_READING)
- *       if(not select([socket], [], [], 10.0))
- *         raise "Asynchronous connection timed out!"
- *       end
- *     elsif(status == PGconn::PGRES_POLLING_WRITING)
- *       if(not select([], [socket], [], 10.0))
- *         raise "Asynchronous connection timed out!"
- *       end
- *     end
- *     status = conn.connect_poll
- *   end
- *   # now conn.status == CONNECTION_OK, and connection
- *   # is ready.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_connect_poll(VALUE self)
-{
-	PostgresPollingStatusType status;
-	status = PQconnectPoll(get_pgconn(self));
-	return INT2FIX((int)status);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.finish()
- *
- * Closes the backend connection.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_finish(VALUE self)
-{
-	PQfinish(get_pgconn(self));
-	DATA_PTR(self) = NULL;
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.reset()
- *
- * Resets the backend connection. This method closes the 
- * backend connection and tries to re-connect.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_reset(VALUE self)
-{
-	PQreset(get_pgconn(self));
-	return self;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.reset_start() -> nil
- *
- * Initiate a connection reset in a nonblocking manner.
- * This will close the current connection and attempt to
- * reconnect using the same connection parameters.
- * Use PGconn#reset_poll to check the status of the 
- * connection reset.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_reset_start(VALUE self)
-{
-	if(PQresetStart(get_pgconn(self)) == 0)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "reset has failed");
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.reset_poll -> Fixnum
- *
- * Checks the status of a connection reset operation.
- * See PGconn#connect_start and PGconn#connect_poll for
- * usage information and return values.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_reset_poll(VALUE self)
-{
-	PostgresPollingStatusType status;
-	status = PQresetPoll(get_pgconn(self));
-	return INT2FIX((int)status);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.db()
- *
- * Returns the connected database name.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_db(VALUE self)
-{
-	char *db = PQdb(get_pgconn(self));
-	if (!db) return Qnil;
-	return rb_tainted_str_new2(db);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.user()
- *
- * Returns the authenticated user name.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_user(VALUE self)
-{
-	char *user = PQuser(get_pgconn(self));
-	if (!user) return Qnil;
-	return rb_tainted_str_new2(user);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.pass()
- *
- * Returns the authenticated user name.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_pass(VALUE self)
-{
-	char *user = PQpass(get_pgconn(self));
-	if (!user) return Qnil;
-	return rb_tainted_str_new2(user);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.host()
- *
- * Returns the connected server name.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_host(VALUE self)
-{
-	char *host = PQhost(get_pgconn(self));
-	if (!host) return Qnil;
-	return rb_tainted_str_new2(host);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.port()
- *
- * Returns the connected server port number.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_port(VALUE self)
-{
-	char* port = PQport(get_pgconn(self));
-	return INT2NUM(atol(port));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.tty()
- *
- * Returns the connected pgtty. (Obsolete)
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_tty(VALUE self)
-{
-	char *tty = PQtty(get_pgconn(self));
-	if (!tty) return Qnil;
-	return rb_tainted_str_new2(tty);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.options()
- *
- * Returns backend option string.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_options(VALUE self)
-{
-	char *options = PQoptions(get_pgconn(self));
-	if (!options) return Qnil;
-	return rb_tainted_str_new2(options);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.status()
- *
- * Returns status of connection : CONNECTION_OK or CONNECTION_BAD
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_status(VALUE self)
-{
-	return INT2NUM(PQstatus(get_pgconn(self)));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.transaction_status()
- *
- * returns one of the following statuses:
- *   PQTRANS_IDLE    = 0 (connection idle)
- *   PQTRANS_ACTIVE  = 1 (command in progress)
- *   PQTRANS_INTRANS = 2 (idle, within transaction block)
- *   PQTRANS_INERROR = 3 (idle, within failed transaction)
- *   PQTRANS_UNKNOWN = 4 (cannot determine status)
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_transaction_status(VALUE self)
-{
-	return INT2NUM(PQtransactionStatus(get_pgconn(self)));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.parameter_status( param_name ) -> String
- *
- * Returns the setting of parameter _param_name_, where
- * _param_name_ is one of
- * * +server_version+
- * * +server_encoding+
- * * +client_encoding+ 
- * * +is_superuser+
- * * +session_authorization+
- * * +DateStyle+
- * * +TimeZone+
- * * +integer_datetimes+
- * * +standard_conforming_strings+
- * 
- * Returns nil if the value of the parameter is not known.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_parameter_status(VALUE self, VALUE param_name)
-{
-	const char *ret = PQparameterStatus(get_pgconn(self), 
-			StringValuePtr(param_name));
-	if(ret == NULL)
-		return Qnil;
-	else
-		return rb_tainted_str_new2(ret);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *   conn.protocol_version -> Integer
- *
- * The 3.0 protocol will normally be used when communicating with PostgreSQL 7.4 
- * or later servers; pre-7.4 servers support only protocol 2.0. (Protocol 1.0 is 
- * obsolete and not supported by libpq.)
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_protocol_version(VALUE self)
-{
-	return INT2NUM(PQprotocolVersion(get_pgconn(self)));
-}
-
-/* 
- * call-seq: 
- *   conn.server_version -> Integer
- * 
- * The number is formed by converting the major, minor, and revision
- * numbers into two-decimal-digit numbers and appending them together.
- * For example, version 7.4.2 will be returned as 70402, and version
- * 8.1 will be returned as 80100 (leading zeroes are not shown). Zero
- * is returned if the connection is bad.
- * 
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_server_version(VALUE self)
-{
-	return INT2NUM(PQserverVersion(get_pgconn(self)));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.error_message -> String
- *
- * Returns the error message about connection.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_error_message(VALUE self)
-{
-	char *error = PQerrorMessage(get_pgconn(self));
-	if (!error) return Qnil;
-	return rb_tainted_str_new2(error);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.socket() -> Fixnum
- *
- * Returns the socket's file descriptor for this connection.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_socket(VALUE self)
-{
-	int sd;
-	if( (sd = PQsocket(get_pgconn(self))) < 0)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "Can't get socket descriptor");
-	return INT2NUM(sd);
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.backend_pid() -> Fixnum
- *
- * Returns the process ID of the backend server
- * process for this connection.
- * Note that this is a PID on database server host.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_backend_pid(VALUE self)
-{
-	return INT2NUM(PQbackendPID(get_pgconn(self)));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.connection_needs_password() -> Boolean
- *
- * Returns +true+ if the authentication method required a
- * password, but none was available. +false+ otherwise.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_connection_needs_password(VALUE self)
-{
-	return PQconnectionNeedsPassword(get_pgconn(self)) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.connection_used_password() -> Boolean
- *
- * Returns +true+ if the authentication method used
- * a caller-supplied password, +false+ otherwise.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_connection_used_password(VALUE self)
-{
-	return PQconnectionUsedPassword(get_pgconn(self)) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
-}
-
-
-//TODO get_ssl
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.exec(sql [, params, result_format ] ) -> PGresult
- *    conn.exec(sql [, params, result_format ] ) {|pg_result| block }
- *
- * Sends SQL query request specified by _sql_ to PostgreSQL.
- * Returns a PGresult instance on success.
- * On failure, it raises a PGError exception.
- *
- * +params+ is an optional array of the bind parameters for the SQL query.
- * Each element of the +params+ array may be either:
- *   a hash of the form:
- *     {:value  => String (value of bind parameter)
- *      :type   => Fixnum (oid of type of bind parameter)
- *      :format => Fixnum (0 for text, 1 for binary)
- *     }
- *   or, it may be a String. If it is a string, that is equivalent to the hash:
- *     { :value => <string value>, :type => 0, :format => 0 }
- * 
- * PostgreSQL bind parameters are represented as $1, $1, $2, etc.,
- * inside the SQL query. The 0th element of the +params+ array is bound
- * to $1, the 1st element is bound to $2, etc. +nil+ is treated as +NULL+.
- * 
- * If the types are not specified, they will be inferred by PostgreSQL.
- * Instead of specifying type oids, it's recommended to simply add
- * explicit casts in the query to ensure that the right type is used.
- *
- * For example: "SELECT $1::int"
- *
- * The optional +result_format+ should be 0 for text results, 1
- * for binary.
- *
- * If the optional code block is given, it will be passed <i>result</i> as an argument, 
- * and the PGresult object will  automatically be cleared when the block terminates. 
- * In this instance, <code>conn.exec</code> returns the value of the block.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_exec(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	PGresult *result = NULL;
-	VALUE rb_pgresult;
-	VALUE command, params, in_res_fmt;
-	VALUE param, param_type, param_value, param_format;
-	VALUE param_value_tmp;
-	VALUE sym_type, sym_value, sym_format;
-	VALUE gc_array;
-	int i=0;
-	int nParams;
-	Oid *paramTypes;
-	char ** paramValues;
-	int *paramLengths;
-	int *paramFormats;
-	int resultFormat;
-
-	rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "12", &command, &params, &in_res_fmt);
-
-	Check_Type(command, T_STRING);
-
-	/* If called with no parameters, use PQexec */
-	if(NIL_P(params)) {
-		result = PQexec(conn, StringValuePtr(command));
-		rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(result, conn);
-		pgresult_check(self, rb_pgresult);
-		if (rb_block_given_p()) {
-			return rb_ensure(rb_yield, rb_pgresult, 
-				pgresult_clear, rb_pgresult);
-		}
-		return rb_pgresult;
-	}
-
-	/* If called with parameters, and optionally result_format,
-	 * use PQexecParams
-	 */
-	Check_Type(params, T_ARRAY);
-
-	if(NIL_P(in_res_fmt)) {
-		resultFormat = 0;
-	}
-	else {
-		resultFormat = NUM2INT(in_res_fmt);
-	}
-
-	gc_array = rb_ary_new();
-	rb_gc_register_address(&gc_array);
-	sym_type = ID2SYM(rb_intern("type"));
-	sym_value = ID2SYM(rb_intern("value"));
-	sym_format = ID2SYM(rb_intern("format"));
-	nParams = RARRAY_LEN(params);
-	paramTypes = ALLOC_N(Oid, nParams); 
-	paramValues = ALLOC_N(char *, nParams);
-	paramLengths = ALLOC_N(int, nParams);
-	paramFormats = ALLOC_N(int, nParams);
-	for(i = 0; i < nParams; i++) {
-		param = rb_ary_entry(params, i);
-		if (TYPE(param) == T_HASH) {
-			param_type = rb_hash_aref(param, sym_type);
-			param_value_tmp = rb_hash_aref(param, sym_value);
-			if(param_value_tmp == Qnil)
-				param_value = param_value_tmp;
-			else
-				param_value = rb_obj_as_string(param_value_tmp);
-			param_format = rb_hash_aref(param, sym_format);
-		}
-		else {
-			param_type = Qnil;
-			if(param == Qnil)
-				param_value = param;
-			else
-				param_value = rb_obj_as_string(param);
-			param_format = Qnil;
-		}
-
-		if(param_type == Qnil)
-			paramTypes[i] = 0;
-		else
-			paramTypes[i] = NUM2INT(param_type);
-
-		if(param_value == Qnil) {
-			paramValues[i] = NULL;
-			paramLengths[i] = 0;
-		}
-		else {
-			Check_Type(param_value, T_STRING);
-			/* make sure param_value doesn't get freed by the GC */
-			rb_ary_push(gc_array, param_value);
-			paramValues[i] = StringValuePtr(param_value);
-			paramLengths[i] = RSTRING_LEN(param_value);
-		}
-
-		if(param_format == Qnil)
-			paramFormats[i] = 0;
-		else
-			paramFormats[i] = NUM2INT(param_format);
-	}
-
-	result = PQexecParams(conn, StringValuePtr(command), nParams, paramTypes, 
-		(const char * const *)paramValues, paramLengths, paramFormats, resultFormat);
-
-	rb_gc_unregister_address(&gc_array);
-
-	xfree(paramTypes);
-	xfree(paramValues);
-	xfree(paramLengths);
-	xfree(paramFormats);
-
-	rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(result, conn);
-	pgresult_check(self, rb_pgresult);
-	if (rb_block_given_p()) {
-		return rb_ensure(rb_yield, rb_pgresult, 
-			pgresult_clear, rb_pgresult);
-	}
-	return rb_pgresult;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.prepare(stmt_name, sql [, param_types ] ) -> PGresult
- *
- * Prepares statement _sql_ with name _name_ to be executed later.
- * Returns a PGresult instance on success.
- * On failure, it raises a PGError exception.
- *
- * +param_types+ is an optional parameter to specify the Oids of the 
- * types of the parameters.
- *
- * If the types are not specified, they will be inferred by PostgreSQL.
- * Instead of specifying type oids, it's recommended to simply add
- * explicit casts in the query to ensure that the right type is used.
- *
- * For example: "SELECT $1::int"
- * 
- * PostgreSQL bind parameters are represented as $1, $1, $2, etc.,
- * inside the SQL query.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_prepare(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	PGresult *result = NULL;
-	VALUE rb_pgresult;
-	VALUE name, command, in_paramtypes;
-	VALUE param;
-	int i = 0;
-	int nParams = 0;
-	Oid *paramTypes = NULL;
-
-	rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "21", &name, &command, &in_paramtypes);
-	Check_Type(name, T_STRING);
-	Check_Type(command, T_STRING);
-
-	if(! NIL_P(in_paramtypes)) {
-		Check_Type(in_paramtypes, T_ARRAY);
-		nParams = RARRAY_LEN(in_paramtypes);
-		paramTypes = ALLOC_N(Oid, nParams); 
-		for(i = 0; i < nParams; i++) {
-			param = rb_ary_entry(in_paramtypes, i);
-			Check_Type(param, T_FIXNUM);
-			if(param == Qnil)
-				paramTypes[i] = 0;
-			else
-				paramTypes[i] = NUM2INT(param);
-		}
-	}
-	result = PQprepare(conn, StringValuePtr(name), StringValuePtr(command),
-			nParams, paramTypes);
-
-	xfree(paramTypes);
-
-	rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(result, conn);
-	pgresult_check(self, rb_pgresult);
-	return rb_pgresult;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.exec_prepared(statement_name [, params, result_format ] ) -> PGresult
- *    conn.exec_prepared(statement_name [, params, result_format ] ) {|pg_result| block }
- *
- * Execute prepared named statement specified by _statement_name_.
- * Returns a PGresult instance on success.
- * On failure, it raises a PGError exception.
- *
- * +params+ is an array of the optional bind parameters for the 
- * SQL query. Each element of the +params+ array may be either:
- *   a hash of the form:
- *     {:value  => String (value of bind parameter)
- *      :format => Fixnum (0 for text, 1 for binary)
- *     }
- *   or, it may be a String. If it is a string, that is equivalent to the hash:
- *     { :value => <string value>, :format => 0 }
- * 
- * PostgreSQL bind parameters are represented as $1, $1, $2, etc.,
- * inside the SQL query. The 0th element of the +params+ array is bound
- * to $1, the 1st element is bound to $2, etc. +nil+ is treated as +NULL+.
- *
- * The optional +result_format+ should be 0 for text results, 1
- * for binary.
- *
- * If the optional code block is given, it will be passed <i>result</i> as an argument, 
- * and the PGresult object will  automatically be cleared when the block terminates. 
- * In this instance, <code>conn.exec_prepared</code> returns the value of the block.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_exec_prepared(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	PGresult *result = NULL;
-	VALUE rb_pgresult;
-	VALUE name, params, in_res_fmt;
-	VALUE param, param_value, param_format;
-	VALUE param_value_tmp;
-	VALUE sym_value, sym_format;
-	VALUE gc_array;
-	int i = 0;
-	int nParams;
-	char ** paramValues;
-	int *paramLengths;
-	int *paramFormats;
-	int resultFormat;
-
-
-	rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "12", &name, &params, &in_res_fmt);
-	Check_Type(name, T_STRING);
-
-	if(NIL_P(params)) {
-		params = rb_ary_new2(0);
-		resultFormat = 0;
-	}
-	else {
-		Check_Type(params, T_ARRAY);
-	}
-
-	if(NIL_P(in_res_fmt)) {
-		resultFormat = 0;
-	}
-	else {
-		resultFormat = NUM2INT(in_res_fmt);
-	}
-
-	gc_array = rb_ary_new();
-	rb_gc_register_address(&gc_array);
-	sym_value = ID2SYM(rb_intern("value"));
-	sym_format = ID2SYM(rb_intern("format"));
-	nParams = RARRAY_LEN(params);
-	paramValues = ALLOC_N(char *, nParams);
-	paramLengths = ALLOC_N(int, nParams);
-	paramFormats = ALLOC_N(int, nParams);
-	for(i = 0; i < nParams; i++) {
-		param = rb_ary_entry(params, i);
-		if (TYPE(param) == T_HASH) {
-			param_value_tmp = rb_hash_aref(param, sym_value);
-			if(param_value_tmp == Qnil)
-				param_value = param_value_tmp;
-			else
-				param_value = rb_obj_as_string(param_value_tmp);
-			param_format = rb_hash_aref(param, sym_format);
-		}
-		else {
-			if(param == Qnil)
-				param_value = param;
-			else
-				param_value = rb_obj_as_string(param);
-			param_format = INT2NUM(0);
-		}
-		if(param_value == Qnil) {
-			paramValues[i] = NULL;
-			paramLengths[i] = 0;
-		}
-		else {
-			Check_Type(param_value, T_STRING);
-			/* make sure param_value doesn't get freed by the GC */
-			rb_ary_push(gc_array, param_value);
-			paramValues[i] = StringValuePtr(param_value);
-			paramLengths[i] = RSTRING_LEN(param_value);
-		}
-
-		if(param_format == Qnil)
-			paramFormats[i] = 0;
-		else
-			paramFormats[i] = NUM2INT(param_format);
-	}
-
-	result = PQexecPrepared(conn, StringValuePtr(name), nParams, 
-		(const char * const *)paramValues, paramLengths, paramFormats, 
-		resultFormat);
-
-	rb_gc_unregister_address(&gc_array);
-
-	xfree(paramValues);
-	xfree(paramLengths);
-	xfree(paramFormats);
-
-	rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(result, conn);
-	pgresult_check(self, rb_pgresult);
-	if (rb_block_given_p()) {
-		return rb_ensure(rb_yield, rb_pgresult, 
-			pgresult_clear, rb_pgresult);
-	}
-	return rb_pgresult;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.describe_prepared( statement_name ) -> PGresult
- *
- * Retrieve information about the prepared statement
- * _statement_name_.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_describe_prepared(VALUE self, VALUE stmt_name)
-{
-	PGresult *result;
-	VALUE rb_pgresult;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	char *stmt;
-	if(stmt_name == Qnil) {
-		stmt = NULL;
-	}
-	else {
-		Check_Type(stmt_name, T_STRING);
-		stmt = StringValuePtr(stmt_name);
-	}
-	result = PQdescribePrepared(conn, stmt);
-	rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(result, conn);
-	pgresult_check(self, rb_pgresult);
-	return rb_pgresult;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.describe_portal( portal_name ) -> PGresult
- *
- * Retrieve information about the portal _portal_name_.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_describe_portal(self, stmt_name)
-	VALUE self, stmt_name;
-{
-	PGresult *result;
-	VALUE rb_pgresult;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	char *stmt;
-	if(stmt_name == Qnil) {
-		stmt = NULL;
-	}
-	else {
-		Check_Type(stmt_name, T_STRING);
-		stmt = StringValuePtr(stmt_name);
-	}
-	result = PQdescribePortal(conn, stmt);
-	rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(result, conn);
-	pgresult_check(self, rb_pgresult);
-	return rb_pgresult;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.make_empty_pgresult( status ) -> PGresult
- *
- * Constructs and empty PGresult with status _status_.
- * _status_ may be one of:
- * * +PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY+
- * * +PGRES_COMMAND_OK+
- * * +PGRES_TUPLES_OK+
- * * +PGRES_COPY_OUT+
- * * +PGRES_COPY_IN+
- * * +PGRES_BAD_RESPONSE+
- * * +PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR+
- * * +PGRES_FATAL_ERROR+
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_make_empty_pgresult(VALUE self, VALUE status)
-{
-	PGresult *result;
-	VALUE rb_pgresult;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	result = PQmakeEmptyPGresult(conn, NUM2INT(status));
-	rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(result, conn);
-	pgresult_check(self, rb_pgresult);
-	return rb_pgresult;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.escape_string( str ) -> String
- *
- * Connection instance method for versions of 8.1 and higher of libpq
- * uses PQescapeStringConn, which is safer. Avoid calling as a class method,
- * the class method uses the deprecated PQescapeString() API function.
- * 
- * Returns a SQL-safe version of the String _str_.
- * This is the preferred way to make strings safe for inclusion in 
- * SQL queries.
- * 
- * Consider using exec_params, which avoids the need for passing values 
- * inside of SQL commands.
- *
- * Encoding of escaped string will be equal to client encoding of connection.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_s_escape(VALUE self, VALUE string)
-{
-	char *escaped;
-	int size,error;
-	VALUE result;
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED	
-	rb_encoding* enc;
-#endif
-
-	Check_Type(string, T_STRING);
-
-	escaped = ALLOC_N(char, RSTRING_LEN(string) * 2 + 1);
-	if(rb_obj_class(self) == rb_cPGconn) {
-		size = PQescapeStringConn(get_pgconn(self), escaped, 
-			RSTRING_PTR(string), RSTRING_LEN(string), &error);
-		if(error) {
-			xfree(escaped);
-			rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "%s", PQerrorMessage(get_pgconn(self)));
-		}
-	} else {
-		size = PQescapeString(escaped, RSTRING_PTR(string),
-			RSTRING_LEN(string));
-	}
-	result = rb_str_new(escaped, size);
-	xfree(escaped);
-	OBJ_INFECT(result, string);
-
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED
-	if(rb_obj_class(self) == rb_cPGconn) {
-		enc = pgconn_get_client_encoding_as_rb_encoding(get_pgconn(self));
-	} else {
-		enc = rb_enc_get(string);
-	}
-	rb_enc_associate(result, enc);
-#endif
-
-	return result;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *   conn.escape_bytea( string ) -> String 
- *
- * Connection instance method for versions of 8.1 and higher of libpq
- * uses PQescapeByteaConn, which is safer. Avoid calling as a class method,
- * the class method uses the deprecated PQescapeBytea() API function.
- *
- * Use the instance method version of this function, it is safer than the
- * class method.
- *
- * Escapes binary data for use within an SQL command with the type +bytea+.
- * 
- * Certain byte values must be escaped (but all byte values may be escaped)
- * when used as part of a +bytea+ literal in an SQL statement. In general, to
- * escape a byte, it is converted into the three digit octal number equal to
- * the octet value, and preceded by two backslashes. The single quote (') and
- * backslash (\) characters have special alternative escape sequences.
- * #escape_bytea performs this operation, escaping only the minimally required 
- * bytes.
- * 
- * Consider using exec_params, which avoids the need for passing values inside of 
- * SQL commands.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_s_escape_bytea(VALUE self, VALUE str)
-{
-	unsigned char *from, *to;
-	size_t from_len, to_len;
-	VALUE ret;
-
-	Check_Type(str, T_STRING);
-	from      = (unsigned char*)RSTRING_PTR(str);
-	from_len  = RSTRING_LEN(str);
-
-	if(rb_obj_class(self) == rb_cPGconn) {
-		to = PQescapeByteaConn(get_pgconn(self), from, from_len, &to_len);
-	} else {
-		to = PQescapeBytea( from, from_len, &to_len);
-	}
-
-	ret = rb_str_new((char*)to, to_len - 1);
-	OBJ_INFECT(ret, str);
-	PQfreemem(to);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *   PGconn.unescape_bytea( string )
- *
- * Converts an escaped string representation of binary data into binary data --- the
- * reverse of #escape_bytea. This is needed when retrieving +bytea+ data in text format,
- * but not when retrieving it in binary format.
- *
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_s_unescape_bytea(VALUE self, VALUE str)
-{
-	unsigned char *from, *to;
-	size_t to_len;
-	VALUE ret;
-
-	Check_Type(str, T_STRING);
-	from = (unsigned char*)StringValuePtr(str);
-
-	to = PQunescapeBytea(from, &to_len);
-
-	ret = rb_str_new((char*)to, to_len);
-	OBJ_INFECT(ret, str);
-	PQfreemem(to);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.send_query(sql [, params, result_format ] ) -> nil
- *
- * Sends SQL query request specified by _sql_ to PostgreSQL for
- * asynchronous processing, and immediately returns.
- * On failure, it raises a PGError exception.
- *
- * +params+ is an optional array of the bind parameters for the SQL query.
- * Each element of the +params+ array may be either:
- *   a hash of the form:
- *     {:value  => String (value of bind parameter)
- *      :type   => Fixnum (oid of type of bind parameter)
- *      :format => Fixnum (0 for text, 1 for binary)
- *     }
- *   or, it may be a String. If it is a string, that is equivalent to the hash:
- *     { :value => <string value>, :type => 0, :format => 0 }
- * 
- * PostgreSQL bind parameters are represented as $1, $1, $2, etc.,
- * inside the SQL query. The 0th element of the +params+ array is bound
- * to $1, the 1st element is bound to $2, etc. +nil+ is treated as +NULL+.
- * 
- * If the types are not specified, they will be inferred by PostgreSQL.
- * Instead of specifying type oids, it's recommended to simply add
- * explicit casts in the query to ensure that the right type is used.
- *
- * For example: "SELECT $1::int"
- *
- * The optional +result_format+ should be 0 for text results, 1
- * for binary.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_send_query(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int result;
-	VALUE command, params, in_res_fmt;
-	VALUE param, param_type, param_value, param_format;
-	VALUE param_value_tmp;
-	VALUE sym_type, sym_value, sym_format;
-	VALUE gc_array;
-	VALUE error;
-	int i=0;
-	int nParams;
-	Oid *paramTypes;
-	char ** paramValues;
-	int *paramLengths;
-	int *paramFormats;
-	int resultFormat;
-
-	rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "12", &command, &params, &in_res_fmt);
-	Check_Type(command, T_STRING);
-
-	/* If called with no parameters, use PQsendQuery */
-	if(NIL_P(params)) {
-		if(PQsendQuery(conn,StringValuePtr(command)) == 0) {
-			error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-			rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-			rb_exc_raise(error);
-		}
-		return Qnil;
-	}
-
-	/* If called with parameters, and optionally result_format,
-	 * use PQsendQueryParams
-	 */
-	Check_Type(params, T_ARRAY);
-
-	if(NIL_P(in_res_fmt)) {
-		resultFormat = 0;
-	}
-	else {
-		resultFormat = NUM2INT(in_res_fmt);
-	}
-
-	gc_array = rb_ary_new();
-	rb_gc_register_address(&gc_array);
-	sym_type = ID2SYM(rb_intern("type"));
-	sym_value = ID2SYM(rb_intern("value"));
-	sym_format = ID2SYM(rb_intern("format"));
-	nParams = RARRAY_LEN(params);
-	paramTypes = ALLOC_N(Oid, nParams); 
-	paramValues = ALLOC_N(char *, nParams);
-	paramLengths = ALLOC_N(int, nParams);
-	paramFormats = ALLOC_N(int, nParams);
-	for(i = 0; i < nParams; i++) {
-		param = rb_ary_entry(params, i);
-		if (TYPE(param) == T_HASH) {
-			param_type = rb_hash_aref(param, sym_type);
-			param_value_tmp = rb_hash_aref(param, sym_value);
-			if(param_value_tmp == Qnil)
-				param_value = param_value_tmp;
-			else
-				param_value = rb_obj_as_string(param_value_tmp);
-			param_format = rb_hash_aref(param, sym_format);
-		}
-		else {
-			param_type = INT2NUM(0);
-			if(param == Qnil)
-				param_value = param;
-			else
-				param_value = rb_obj_as_string(param);
-			param_format = INT2NUM(0);
-		}
-
-		if(param_type == Qnil)
-			paramTypes[i] = 0;
-		else
-			paramTypes[i] = NUM2INT(param_type);
-
-		if(param_value == Qnil) {
-			paramValues[i] = NULL;
-			paramLengths[i] = 0;
-		}
-		else {
-			Check_Type(param_value, T_STRING);
-			/* make sure param_value doesn't get freed by the GC */
-			rb_ary_push(gc_array, param_value);
-			paramValues[i] = StringValuePtr(param_value);
-			paramLengths[i] = RSTRING_LEN(param_value);
-		}
-
-		if(param_format == Qnil)
-			paramFormats[i] = 0;
-		else
-			paramFormats[i] = NUM2INT(param_format);
-	}
-
-	result = PQsendQueryParams(conn, StringValuePtr(command), nParams, paramTypes, 
-		(const char * const *)paramValues, paramLengths, paramFormats, resultFormat);
-
-	rb_gc_unregister_address(&gc_array);	
-
-	xfree(paramTypes);
-	xfree(paramValues);
-	xfree(paramLengths);
-	xfree(paramFormats);
-
-	if(result == 0) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.send_prepare( stmt_name, sql [, param_types ] ) -> nil
- *
- * Prepares statement _sql_ with name _name_ to be executed later.
- * Sends prepare command asynchronously, and returns immediately.
- * On failure, it raises a PGError exception.
- *
- * +param_types+ is an optional parameter to specify the Oids of the 
- * types of the parameters.
- *
- * If the types are not specified, they will be inferred by PostgreSQL.
- * Instead of specifying type oids, it's recommended to simply add
- * explicit casts in the query to ensure that the right type is used.
- *
- * For example: "SELECT $1::int"
- * 
- * PostgreSQL bind parameters are represented as $1, $1, $2, etc.,
- * inside the SQL query.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_send_prepare(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int result;
-	VALUE name, command, in_paramtypes;
-	VALUE param;
-	VALUE error;
-	int i = 0;
-	int nParams = 0;
-	Oid *paramTypes = NULL;
-
-	rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "21", &name, &command, &in_paramtypes);
-	Check_Type(name, T_STRING);
-	Check_Type(command, T_STRING);
-
-	if(! NIL_P(in_paramtypes)) {
-		Check_Type(in_paramtypes, T_ARRAY);
-		nParams = RARRAY_LEN(in_paramtypes);
-		paramTypes = ALLOC_N(Oid, nParams); 
-		for(i = 0; i < nParams; i++) {
-			param = rb_ary_entry(in_paramtypes, i);
-			Check_Type(param, T_FIXNUM);
-			if(param == Qnil)
-				paramTypes[i] = 0;
-			else
-				paramTypes[i] = NUM2INT(param);
-		}
-	}
-	result = PQsendPrepare(conn, StringValuePtr(name), StringValuePtr(command),
-			nParams, paramTypes);
-
-	xfree(paramTypes);
-
-	if(result == 0) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.send_query_prepared( statement_name [, params, result_format ] )
- *      -> nil
- *
- * Execute prepared named statement specified by _statement_name_
- * asynchronously, and returns immediately.
- * On failure, it raises a PGError exception.
- *
- * +params+ is an array of the optional bind parameters for the 
- * SQL query. Each element of the +params+ array may be either:
- *   a hash of the form:
- *     {:value  => String (value of bind parameter)
- *      :format => Fixnum (0 for text, 1 for binary)
- *     }
- *   or, it may be a String. If it is a string, that is equivalent to the hash:
- *     { :value => <string value>, :format => 0 }
- * 
- * PostgreSQL bind parameters are represented as $1, $1, $2, etc.,
- * inside the SQL query. The 0th element of the +params+ array is bound
- * to $1, the 1st element is bound to $2, etc. +nil+ is treated as +NULL+.
- *
- * The optional +result_format+ should be 0 for text results, 1
- * for binary.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_send_query_prepared(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int result;
-	VALUE name, params, in_res_fmt;
-	VALUE param, param_value, param_format;
-	VALUE param_value_tmp;
-	VALUE sym_value, sym_format;
-	VALUE gc_array;
-	VALUE error;
-	int i = 0;
-	int nParams;
-	char ** paramValues;
-	int *paramLengths;
-	int *paramFormats;
-	int resultFormat;
-
-	rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "12", &name, &params, &in_res_fmt);
-	Check_Type(name, T_STRING);
-
-	if(NIL_P(params)) {
-		params = rb_ary_new2(0);
-		resultFormat = 0;
-	}
-	else {
-		Check_Type(params, T_ARRAY);
-	}
-
-	if(NIL_P(in_res_fmt)) {
-		resultFormat = 0;
-	}
-	else {
-		resultFormat = NUM2INT(in_res_fmt);
-	}
-
-	gc_array = rb_ary_new();
-	rb_gc_register_address(&gc_array);
-	sym_value = ID2SYM(rb_intern("value"));
-	sym_format = ID2SYM(rb_intern("format"));
-	nParams = RARRAY_LEN(params);
-	paramValues = ALLOC_N(char *, nParams);
-	paramLengths = ALLOC_N(int, nParams);
-	paramFormats = ALLOC_N(int, nParams);
-	for(i = 0; i < nParams; i++) {
-		param = rb_ary_entry(params, i);
-		if (TYPE(param) == T_HASH) {
-			param_value_tmp = rb_hash_aref(param, sym_value);
-			if(param_value_tmp == Qnil)
-				param_value = param_value_tmp;
-			else
-				param_value = rb_obj_as_string(param_value_tmp);
-			param_format = rb_hash_aref(param, sym_format);
-		}
-		else {
-			if(param == Qnil)
-				param_value = param;
-			else
-				param_value = rb_obj_as_string(param);
-			param_format = INT2NUM(0);
-		}
-
-		if(param_value == Qnil) {
-			paramValues[i] = NULL;
-			paramLengths[i] = 0;
-		}
-		else {
-			Check_Type(param_value, T_STRING);
-			/* make sure param_value doesn't get freed by the GC */
-			rb_ary_push(gc_array, param_value);
-			paramValues[i] = StringValuePtr(param_value);
-			paramLengths[i] = RSTRING_LEN(param_value);
-		}
-
-		if(param_format == Qnil)
-			paramFormats[i] = 0;
-		else
-			paramFormats[i] = NUM2INT(param_format);
-	}
-
-	result = PQsendQueryPrepared(conn, StringValuePtr(name), nParams, 
-		(const char * const *)paramValues, paramLengths, paramFormats, 
-		resultFormat);
-
-	rb_gc_unregister_address(&gc_array);
-
-	xfree(paramValues);
-	xfree(paramLengths);
-	xfree(paramFormats);
-
-	if(result == 0) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.send_describe_prepared( statement_name ) -> nil
- *
- * Asynchronously send _command_ to the server. Does not block. 
- * Use in combination with +conn.get_result+.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_send_describe_prepared(VALUE self, VALUE stmt_name)
-{
-	VALUE error;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	/* returns 0 on failure */
-	if(PQsendDescribePrepared(conn,StringValuePtr(stmt_name)) == 0) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.send_describe_portal( portal_name ) -> nil
- *
- * Asynchronously send _command_ to the server. Does not block. 
- * Use in combination with +conn.get_result+.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_send_describe_portal(VALUE self, VALUE portal)
-{
-	VALUE error;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	/* returns 0 on failure */
-	if(PQsendDescribePortal(conn,StringValuePtr(portal)) == 0) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.get_result() -> PGresult
- *    conn.get_result() {|pg_result| block }
- *
- * Blocks waiting for the next result from a call to
- * +PGconn#send_query+ (or another asynchronous command), and returns
- * it. Returns +nil+ if no more results are available.
- *
- * Note: call this function repeatedly until it returns +nil+, or else
- * you will not be able to issue further commands.
- *
- * If the optional code block is given, it will be passed <i>result</i> as an argument, 
- * and the PGresult object will  automatically be cleared when the block terminates. 
- * In this instance, <code>conn.exec</code> returns the value of the block.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_get_result(VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	PGresult *result;
-	VALUE rb_pgresult;
-
-	result = PQgetResult(conn);
-	if(result == NULL)
-		return Qnil;
-	rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(result, conn);
-	if (rb_block_given_p()) {
-		return rb_ensure(rb_yield, rb_pgresult,
-			pgresult_clear, rb_pgresult);
-	}
-	return rb_pgresult;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.consume_input()
- *
- * If input is available from the server, consume it.
- * After calling +consume_input+, you can check +is_busy+
- * or *notifies* to see if the state has changed.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_consume_input(self)
-	VALUE self;
-{
-	VALUE error;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	/* returns 0 on error */
-	if(PQconsumeInput(conn) == 0) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.is_busy() -> Boolean
- *
- * Returns +true+ if a command is busy, that is, if
- * PQgetResult would block. Otherwise returns +false+.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_is_busy(self)
-	VALUE self;
-{
-	return PQisBusy(get_pgconn(self)) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.setnonblocking(Boolean) -> nil
- *
- * Sets the nonblocking status of the connection. 
- * In the blocking state, calls to PGconn#send_query
- * will block until the message is sent to the server,
- * but will not wait for the query results.
- * In the nonblocking state, calls to PGconn#send_query
- * will return an error if the socket is not ready for
- * writing.
- * Note: This function does not affect PGconn#exec, because
- * that function doesn't return until the server has 
- * processed the query and returned the results.
- * Returns +nil+.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_setnonblocking(self, state)
-	VALUE self, state;
-{
-	int arg;
-	VALUE error;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	if(state == Qtrue)
-		arg = 1;
-	else if (state == Qfalse)
-		arg = 0;
-	else
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Boolean value expected");
-
-	if(PQsetnonblocking(conn, arg) == -1) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.isnonblocking() -> Boolean
- *
- * Returns +true+ if a command is busy, that is, if
- * PQgetResult would block. Otherwise returns +false+.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_isnonblocking(self)
-	VALUE self;
-{
-	return PQisnonblocking(get_pgconn(self)) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.flush() -> Boolean
- *
- * Attempts to flush any queued output data to the server.
- * Returns +true+ if data is successfully flushed, +false+
- * if not (can only return +false+ if connection is
- * nonblocking.
- * Raises PGError exception if some other failure occurred.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_flush(self)
-	VALUE self;
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int ret;
-	VALUE error;
-	ret = PQflush(conn);
-	if(ret == -1) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-	return (ret) ? Qfalse : Qtrue;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.cancel() -> String
- *
- * Requests cancellation of the command currently being
- * processed. (Only implemented in PostgreSQL >= 8.0)
- *
- * Returns +nil+ on success, or a string containing the
- * error message if a failure occurs.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_cancel(VALUE self)
-{
-#ifdef HAVE_PQGETCANCEL
-	char errbuf[256];
-	PGcancel *cancel;
-	VALUE retval;
-	int ret;
-
-	cancel = PQgetCancel(get_pgconn(self));
-	if(cancel == NULL)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError,"Invalid connection!");
-
-	ret = PQcancel(cancel, errbuf, 256);
-	if(ret == 1)
-		retval = Qnil;
-	else
-		retval = rb_str_new2(errbuf);
-
-	PQfreeCancel(cancel);
-	return retval;
-#else
-	rb_notimplement();
-#endif
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.notifies()
- *
- * Returns a hash of the unprocessed notifications.
- * If there is no unprocessed notifier, it returns +nil+.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_notifies(VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn* conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	PGnotify *notification;
-	VALUE hash;
-	VALUE sym_relname, sym_be_pid, sym_extra;
-	VALUE relname, be_pid, extra;
-
-	sym_relname = ID2SYM(rb_intern("relname"));
-	sym_be_pid = ID2SYM(rb_intern("be_pid"));
-	sym_extra = ID2SYM(rb_intern("extra"));
-
-	notification = PQnotifies(conn);
-	if (notification == NULL) {
-		return Qnil;
-	}
-
-	hash = rb_hash_new();
-	relname = rb_tainted_str_new2(notification->relname);
-	be_pid = INT2NUM(notification->be_pid);
-	extra = rb_tainted_str_new2(PGNOTIFY_EXTRA(notification));
-
-	rb_hash_aset(hash, sym_relname, relname);
-	rb_hash_aset(hash, sym_be_pid, be_pid);
-	rb_hash_aset(hash, sym_extra, extra);
-
-	PQfreemem(notification);
-	return hash;
-}
-
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-/* 
- * Duplicate the sockets from libpq and create temporary CRT FDs
- */
-void create_crt_fd(fd_set *os_set, fd_set *crt_set)
-{
-	int i;
-	crt_set->fd_count = os_set->fd_count;
-	for (i = 0; i < os_set->fd_count; i++) {
-		WSAPROTOCOL_INFO wsa_pi;
-		/* dupicate the SOCKET */
-		int r = WSADuplicateSocket(os_set->fd_array[i], GetCurrentProcessId(), &wsa_pi);
-		SOCKET s = WSASocket(wsa_pi.iAddressFamily, wsa_pi.iSocketType, wsa_pi.iProtocol, &wsa_pi, 0, 0);
-		/* create the CRT fd so ruby can get back to the SOCKET */
-		int fd = _open_osfhandle(s, O_RDWR|O_BINARY);
-		os_set->fd_array[i] = s;
-		crt_set->fd_array[i] = fd;
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * Clean up the CRT FDs from create_crt_fd()
- */
-void cleanup_crt_fd(fd_set *os_set, fd_set *crt_set)
-{
-	int i;
-	for (i = 0; i < os_set->fd_count; i++) {
-		/* cleanup the CRT fd */
-		_close(crt_set->fd_array[i]);
-		/* cleanup the duplicated SOCKET */
-		closesocket(os_set->fd_array[i]);
-	}
-}
-#endif
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.wait_for_notify( [ timeout ] ) -> String
- *    conn.wait_for_notify( [ timeout ] ) { |event, pid| block }
- *    conn.wait_for_notify( [ timeout ] ) { |event, pid, payload| block } # PostgreSQL 9.0
- *
- * Blocks while waiting for notification(s), or until the optional
- * _timeout_ is reached, whichever comes first.  _timeout_ is
- * measured in seconds and can be fractional.
- *
- * Returns +nil+ if _timeout_ is reached, the name of the NOTIFY
- * event otherwise.  If used in block form, passes the name of the
- * NOTIFY +event+ and the generating +pid+ into the block.
- * 
- * Under PostgreSQL 9.0 and later, if the notification is sent with
- * the optional +payload+ string, it will be given to the block as the
- * third argument.
- * 
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_wait_for_notify(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn( self );
-	PGnotify *notification;
-	int sd = PQsocket( conn );
-	int ret;
-	struct timeval timeout;
-	struct timeval *ptimeout = NULL;
-	VALUE timeout_in = Qnil, relname = Qnil, be_pid = Qnil, extra = Qnil;
-	double timeout_sec;
-	fd_set sd_rset;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	fd_set crt_sd_rset;
-#endif
-
-	if ( sd < 0 )
-		rb_bug( "PQsocket(conn): couldn't fetch the connection's socket!" );
-
-	rb_scan_args( argc, argv, "01", &timeout_in );
-
-	if ( RTEST(timeout_in) ) {
-		timeout_sec = NUM2DBL( timeout_in );
-		timeout.tv_sec = (long)timeout_sec;
-		timeout.tv_usec = (long)( (timeout_sec - (long)timeout_sec) * 1e6 );
-		ptimeout = &timeout;
-	}
-
-	/* Check for notifications */
-	while ( (notification = PQnotifies(conn)) == NULL ) {
-		FD_ZERO( &sd_rset );
-		FD_SET( sd, &sd_rset );
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		create_crt_fd(&sd_rset, &crt_sd_rset);
-#endif
-
-		/* Wait for the socket to become readable before checking again */
-		ret = rb_thread_select( sd+1, &sd_rset, NULL, NULL, ptimeout );
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		cleanup_crt_fd(&sd_rset, &crt_sd_rset);
-#endif
-
-		if ( ret < 0 )
-			rb_sys_fail( 0 );
-
-		/* Return nil if the select timed out */
-		if ( ret == 0 ) return Qnil;
-
-		/* Read the socket */
-		if ( (ret = PQconsumeInput(conn)) != 1 )
-			rb_raise( rb_ePGError, "PQconsumeInput == %d: %s", ret, PQerrorMessage(conn) );
-	}
-
-	relname = rb_tainted_str_new2( notification->relname );
-	ASSOCIATE_INDEX( relname, self );
-	be_pid = INT2NUM( notification->be_pid );
-#ifdef HAVE_ST_NOTIFY_EXTRA
-	if ( *notification->extra ) {
-		extra = rb_tainted_str_new2( notification->extra );
-		ASSOCIATE_INDEX( extra, self );
-	}
-#endif
-	PQfreemem( notification );
-
-	if ( rb_block_given_p() )
-		rb_yield_values( 3, relname, be_pid, extra );
-
-	return relname;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.put_copy_data( buffer ) -> Boolean
- *
- * Transmits _buffer_ as copy data to the server.
- * Returns true if the data was sent, false if it was
- * not sent (false is only possible if the connection
- * is in nonblocking mode, and this command would block).
- *
- * Raises an exception if an error occurs.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_put_copy_data(self, buffer)
-	VALUE self, buffer;
-{
-	int ret;
-	VALUE error;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	Check_Type(buffer, T_STRING);
-
-	ret = PQputCopyData(conn, RSTRING_PTR(buffer),
-			RSTRING_LEN(buffer));
-	if(ret == -1) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-	return (ret) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.put_copy_end( [ error_message ] ) -> Boolean
- *
- * Sends end-of-data indication to the server.
- *
- * _error_message_ is an optional parameter, and if set,
- * forces the COPY command to fail with the string
- * _error_message_.
- *
- * Returns true if the end-of-data was sent, false if it was
- * not sent (false is only possible if the connection
- * is in nonblocking mode, and this command would block).
- */ 
-static VALUE
-pgconn_put_copy_end(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	VALUE str;
-	VALUE error;
-	int ret;
-	char *error_message = NULL;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-
-	if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &str) == 0)
-		error_message = NULL;
-	else
-		error_message = StringValuePtr(str);
-
-	ret = PQputCopyEnd(conn, error_message);
-	if(ret == -1) {
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-	return (ret) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.get_copy_data( [ async = false ] ) -> String
- *
- * Return a string containing one row of data, +nil+
- * if the copy is done, or +false+ if the call would 
- * block (only possible if _async_ is true).
- *
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_get_copy_data(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self )
-{
-	VALUE async_in;
-	VALUE error;
-	VALUE result_str;
-	int ret;
-	int async;
-	char *buffer;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-
-	if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &async_in) == 0)
-		async = 0;
-	else
-		async = (async_in == Qfalse || async_in == Qnil) ? 0 : 1;
-
-	ret = PQgetCopyData(conn, &buffer, async);
-	if(ret == -2) { // error
-		error = rb_exc_new2(rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		rb_iv_set(error, "@connection", self);
-		rb_exc_raise(error);
-	}
-	if(ret == -1) { // No data left
-		return Qnil;
-	}
-	if(ret == 0) { // would block
-		return Qfalse;
-	}
-	result_str = rb_tainted_str_new(buffer, ret);
-	PQfreemem(buffer);
-	return result_str;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.set_error_verbosity( verbosity ) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Sets connection's verbosity to _verbosity_ and returns
- * the previous setting. Available settings are:
- * * PQERRORS_TERSE
- * * PQERRORS_DEFAULT
- * * PQERRORS_VERBOSE
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_set_error_verbosity(VALUE self, VALUE in_verbosity)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	PGVerbosity verbosity = NUM2INT(in_verbosity);
-	return INT2FIX(PQsetErrorVerbosity(conn, verbosity));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.trace( stream ) -> nil
- * 
- * Enables tracing message passing between backend. The 
- * trace message will be written to the stream _stream_,
- * which must implement a method +fileno+ that returns
- * a writable file descriptor.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_trace(VALUE self, VALUE stream)
-{
-	VALUE fileno;
-	FILE *new_fp;
-	int old_fd, new_fd;
-	VALUE new_file;
-
-	if(rb_respond_to(stream,rb_intern("fileno")) == Qfalse)
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "stream does not respond to method: fileno");
-
-	fileno = rb_funcall(stream, rb_intern("fileno"), 0);
-	if(fileno == Qnil)
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "can't get file descriptor from stream");
-
-	/* Duplicate the file descriptor and re-open
-	 * it. Then, make it into a ruby File object
-	 * and assign it to an instance variable.
-	 * This prevents a problem when the File
-	 * object passed to this function is closed
-	 * before the connection object is. */
-	old_fd = NUM2INT(fileno);
-	new_fd = dup(old_fd);
-	new_fp = fdopen(new_fd, "w");
-
-	if(new_fp == NULL)
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "stream is not writable");
-
-	new_file = rb_funcall(rb_cIO, rb_intern("new"), 1, INT2NUM(new_fd));
-	rb_iv_set(self, "@trace_stream", new_file);
-
-	PQtrace(get_pgconn(self), new_fp);
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.untrace() -> nil
- * 
- * Disables the message tracing.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_untrace(VALUE self)
-{
-	VALUE trace_stream;
-	PQuntrace(get_pgconn(self));
-	trace_stream = rb_iv_get(self, "@trace_stream");
-	rb_funcall(trace_stream, rb_intern("close"), 0);
-	rb_iv_set(self, "@trace_stream", Qnil);
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *   conn.set_notice_receiver {|result| ... } -> Proc
- *
- * Notice and warning messages generated by the server are not returned
- * by the query execution functions, since they do not imply failure of
- * the query. Instead they are passed to a notice handling function, and
- * execution continues normally after the handler returns. The default
- * notice handling function prints the message on <tt>stderr</tt>, but the
- * application can override this behavior by supplying its own handling
- * function.
- *
- * This function takes a new block to act as the handler, which should
- * accept a single parameter that will be a PGresult object, and returns 
- * the Proc object previously set, or +nil+ if it was previously the default.
- *
- * If you pass no arguments, it will reset the handler to the default.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_set_notice_receiver(VALUE self)
-{
-	VALUE proc, old_proc;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-
-	/* If default_notice_receiver is unset, assume that the current 
-	 * notice receiver is the default, and save it to a global variable. 
-	 * This should not be a problem because the default receiver is
-	 * always the same, so won't vary among connections.
-	 */
-	if(default_notice_receiver == NULL)
-		default_notice_receiver = PQsetNoticeReceiver(conn, NULL, NULL);
-
-	old_proc = rb_iv_get(self, "@notice_receiver");
-	if( rb_block_given_p() ) {
-		proc = rb_block_proc();
-		PQsetNoticeReceiver(conn, notice_receiver_proxy, (void *)self);
-	} else {
-		/* if no block is given, set back to default */
-		proc = Qnil;
-		PQsetNoticeReceiver(conn, default_notice_receiver, NULL);
-	}
-
-	rb_iv_set(self, "@notice_receiver", proc);
-	return old_proc;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *   conn.set_notice_processor {|message| ... } -> Proc
- *
- * Notice and warning messages generated by the server are not returned
- * by the query execution functions, since they do not imply failure of
- * the query. Instead they are passed to a notice handling function, and
- * execution continues normally after the handler returns. The default
- * notice handling function prints the message on <tt>stderr</tt>, but the
- * application can override this behavior by supplying its own handling
- * function.
- *
- * This function takes a new block to act as the handler, which should
- * accept a single parameter that will be a PGresult object, and returns 
- * the Proc object previously set, or +nil+ if it was previously the default.
- *
- * If you pass no arguments, it will reset the handler to the default.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_set_notice_processor(VALUE self)
-{
-	VALUE proc, old_proc;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-
-	/* If default_notice_processor is unset, assume that the current 
-	 * notice processor is the default, and save it to a global variable. 
-	 * This should not be a problem because the default processor is
-	 * always the same, so won't vary among connections.
-	 */
-	if(default_notice_processor == NULL)
-		default_notice_processor = PQsetNoticeProcessor(conn, NULL, NULL);
-
-	old_proc = rb_iv_get(self, "@notice_processor");
-	if( rb_block_given_p() ) {
-		proc = rb_block_proc();
-		PQsetNoticeProcessor(conn, notice_processor_proxy, (void *)self);
-	} else {
-		/* if no block is given, set back to default */
-		proc = Qnil;
-		PQsetNoticeProcessor(conn, default_notice_processor, NULL);
-	}
-
-	rb_iv_set(self, "@notice_processor", proc);
-	return old_proc;
-}
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.get_client_encoding() -> String
- * 
- * Returns the client encoding as a String.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_get_client_encoding(VALUE self)
-{
-	char *encoding = (char *)pg_encoding_to_char(PQclientEncoding(get_pgconn(self)));
-	return rb_tainted_str_new2(encoding);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.set_client_encoding( encoding )
- * 
- * Sets the client encoding to the _encoding_ String.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_set_client_encoding(VALUE self, VALUE str)
-{
-	Check_Type(str, T_STRING);
-	if ((PQsetClientEncoding(get_pgconn(self), StringValuePtr(str))) == -1){
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "invalid encoding name: %s",StringValuePtr(str));
-	}
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.transaction { |conn| ... } -> nil
- *
- * Executes a +BEGIN+ at the start of the block,
- * and a +COMMIT+ at the end of the block, or 
- * +ROLLBACK+ if any exception occurs.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_transaction(VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	PGresult *result;
-	VALUE rb_pgresult;
-	int status;
-
-	if (rb_block_given_p()) {
-		result = PQexec(conn, "BEGIN");
-		rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(result, conn);
-		pgresult_check(self, rb_pgresult);
-		rb_protect(rb_yield, self, &status);
-		if(status == 0) {
-			result = PQexec(conn, "COMMIT");
-			rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(result, conn);
-			pgresult_check(self, rb_pgresult);
-		}
-		else {
-			/* exception occurred, ROLLBACK and re-raise */
-			result = PQexec(conn, "ROLLBACK");
-			rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(result, conn);
-			pgresult_check(self, rb_pgresult);
-			rb_jump_tag(status);
-		}
-
-	}
-	else {
-		/* no block supplied? */
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Must supply block for PGconn#transaction");
-	}
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    PGconn.quote_ident( str ) -> String
- *    conn.quote_ident( str ) -> String
- *
- * Returns a string that is safe for inclusion in a SQL query as an
- * identifier. Note: this is not a quote function for values, but for
- * identifiers.
- * 
- * For example, in a typical SQL query: <tt>SELECT FOO FROM MYTABLE</tt>
- * The identifier <tt>FOO</tt> is folded to lower case, so it actually
- * means <tt>foo</tt>. If you really want to access the case-sensitive
- * field name <tt>FOO</tt>, use this function like
- * <tt>PGconn.quote_ident('FOO')</tt>, which will return <tt>"FOO"</tt>
- * (with double-quotes). PostgreSQL will see the double-quotes, and
- * it will not fold to lower case.
- * 
- * Similarly, this function also protects against special characters,
- * and other things that might allow SQL injection if the identifier
- * comes from an untrusted source.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_s_quote_ident(VALUE self, VALUE in_str)
-{
-	VALUE ret;
-	char *str = StringValuePtr(in_str);
-	/* result size at most NAMEDATALEN*2 plus surrounding
-	 * double-quotes. */
-	char buffer[NAMEDATALEN*2+2];
-	unsigned int i=0,j=0;
-
-	if(strlen(str) >= NAMEDATALEN) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError, 
-			"Input string is longer than NAMEDATALEN-1 (%d)",
-			NAMEDATALEN-1);
-	}
-	buffer[j++] = '"';
-	for(i = 0; i < strlen(str) && str[i]; i++) {
-		if(str[i] == '"') 
-			buffer[j++] = '"';
-		buffer[j++] = str[i];
-	}
-	buffer[j++] = '"';
-	ret = rb_str_new(buffer,j);
-	OBJ_INFECT(ret, in_str);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-
-#ifndef _WIN32
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.block( [ timeout ] ) -> Boolean
- *
- * Blocks until the server is no longer busy, or until the 
- * optional _timeout_ is reached, whichever comes first.
- * _timeout_ is measured in seconds and can be fractional.
- * 
- * Returns +false+ if _timeout_ is reached, +true+ otherwise.
- * 
- * If +true+ is returned, +conn.is_busy+ will return +false+
- * and +conn.get_result+ will not block.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_block( int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self ) {
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn( self );
-	int sd = PQsocket( conn );
-	int ret;
-
-	/* If WIN32 and Ruby 1.9 do not use rb_thread_select() which sometimes hangs 
-	 * and does not wait (nor sleep) any time even if timeout is given.
-	 * Instead use the Winsock events and rb_w32_wait_events(). */
-
-	struct timeval timeout;
-	struct timeval *ptimeout = NULL;
-	fd_set sd_rset;
-	VALUE timeout_in;
-	double timeout_sec;
-
-	if ( rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &timeout_in) == 1 ) {
-		timeout_sec = NUM2DBL( timeout_in );
-		timeout.tv_sec = (long)timeout_sec;
-		timeout.tv_usec = (long)((timeout_sec - (long)timeout_sec) * 1e6);
-		ptimeout = &timeout;
-	}
-
-	/* Check for connection errors (PQisBusy is true on connection errors) */
-	if ( PQconsumeInput(conn) == 0 )
-		rb_raise( rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn) );
-
-	while ( PQisBusy(conn) ) {
-		FD_ZERO( &sd_rset );
-		FD_SET( sd, &sd_rset );
-
-		if ( (ret = rb_thread_select( sd+1, &sd_rset, NULL, NULL, ptimeout )) < 0 )
-			rb_sys_fail( "rb_thread_select()" ); /* Raises */
-
-		/* Return false if there was a timeout argument and the select() timed out */
-		if ( ret == 0 && argc )
-			return Qfalse;
-
-		/* Check for connection errors (PQisBusy is true on connection errors) */
-		if ( PQconsumeInput(conn) == 0 )
-			rb_raise( rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn) );
-	}
-
-	return Qtrue;
-}
-
-
-#else /* _WIN32 */
-
-/*
- * Win32 PGconn#block -- on Windows, use platform-specific strategies to wait for the socket 
- * instead of rb_thread_select().
- */
-
-/* Win32 + Ruby 1.9+ */
-#ifdef HAVE_RUBY_VM_H
-
-int rb_w32_wait_events( HANDLE *events, int num, DWORD timeout );
-
-/* If WIN32 and Ruby 1.9 do not use rb_thread_select() which sometimes hangs 
- * and does not wait (nor sleep) any time even if timeout is given.
- * Instead use the Winsock events and rb_w32_wait_events(). */
-
-static VALUE
-pgconn_block( int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self ) {
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn( self );
-	int sd = PQsocket( conn );
-	int ret;
-
-	DWORD timeout_milisec = INFINITY;
-	DWORD wait_ret;
-	WSAEVENT hEvent;
-	VALUE timeout_in;
-	double timeout_sec;
-
-	hEvent = WSACreateEvent();
-
-	if ( rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &timeout_in) == 1 ) {
-		timeout_sec = NUM2DBL( timeout_in );
-		timeout_milisec = (DWORD)( (timeout_sec - (DWORD)timeout_sec) * 1e3 );
-	}
-
-	/* Check for connection errors (PQisBusy is true on connection errors) */
-	if( PQconsumeInput(conn) == 0 ) {
-		WSACloseEvent( hEvent );
-		rb_raise( rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn) );
-	}
-
-	while ( PQisBusy(conn) ) {
-		if ( WSAEventSelect(sd, hEvent, FD_READ|FD_CLOSE) == SOCKET_ERROR ) {
-			WSACloseEvent( hEvent );
-			rb_raise( rb_ePGError, "WSAEventSelect socket error: %d", WSAGetLastError() );
-		}
-
-		wait_ret = rb_w32_wait_events( &hEvent, 1, 100 );
-
-		if ( wait_ret == WAIT_TIMEOUT ) {
-			ret = 0;
-		} else if ( wait_ret == WAIT_OBJECT_0 ) {
-			ret = 1;
-		} else if ( wait_ret == WAIT_FAILED ) {
-			WSACloseEvent( hEvent );
-			rb_raise( rb_ePGError, "Wait on socket error (WaitForMultipleObjects): %d", GetLastError() );
-		} else {
-			WSACloseEvent( hEvent );
-			rb_raise( rb_ePGError, "Wait on socket abandoned (WaitForMultipleObjects)" );
-		}
-
-		/* Return false if there was a timeout argument and the select() timed out */
-		if ( ret == 0 && argc ) {
-			WSACloseEvent( hEvent );
-			return Qfalse;
-		}
-
-		/* Check for connection errors (PQisBusy is true on connection errors) */
-		if ( PQconsumeInput(conn) == 0 ) {
-			WSACloseEvent( hEvent );
-			rb_raise( rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn) );
-		}
-	}
-
-	WSACloseEvent( hEvent );
-
-	return Qtrue;
-}
-
-#else /* Win32 + Ruby < 1.9 */
-
-static VALUE
-pgconn_block( int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self ) {
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn( self );
-	int sd = PQsocket( conn );
-	int ret;
-
-	struct timeval timeout;
-	struct timeval *ptimeout = NULL;
-	fd_set sd_rset;
-	fd_set crt_sd_rset;
-	VALUE timeout_in;
-	double timeout_sec;
-
-	/* Always set a timeout, as rb_thread_select() sometimes
-	 * doesn't return when a second ruby thread is running although data
-	 * could be read. So we use timeout-based polling instead.
-	 */
-	timeout.tv_sec = 0;
-	timeout.tv_usec = 10000; // 10ms
-	ptimeout = &timeout;
-
-	if ( rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &timeout_in) == 1 ) {
-		timeout_sec = NUM2DBL( timeout_in );
-		timeout.tv_sec = (long)timeout_sec;
-		timeout.tv_usec = (long)((timeout_sec - (long)timeout_sec) * 1e6);
-		ptimeout = &timeout;
-	}
-
-	/* Check for connection errors (PQisBusy is true on connection errors) */
-	if( PQconsumeInput(conn) == 0 )
-		rb_raise( rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn) );
-
-	while ( PQisBusy(conn) ) {
-		FD_ZERO( &sd_rset );
-		FD_SET( sd, &sd_rset );
-
-		create_crt_fd( &sd_rset, &crt_sd_rset );
-		ret = rb_thread_select( sd+1, &sd_rset, NULL, NULL, ptimeout );
-		cleanup_crt_fd( &sd_rset, &crt_sd_rset );
-
-		/* Return false if there was a timeout argument and the select() timed out */
-		if ( ret == 0 && argc )
-			return Qfalse;
-
-		/* Check for connection errors (PQisBusy is true on connection errors) */
-		if ( PQconsumeInput(conn) == 0 )
-			rb_raise( rb_ePGError, PQerrorMessage(conn) );
-	}
-
-	return Qtrue;
-}
-
-#endif /* Ruby 1.9 */
-#endif /* Win32 */
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.get_last_result( ) -> PGresult
- *
- * This function retrieves all available results
- * on the current connection (from previously issued
- * asynchronous commands like +send_query()+) and
- * returns the last non-NULL result, or +nil+ if no
- * results are available.
- *
- * This function is similar to +PGconn#get_result+
- * except that it is designed to get one and only
- * one result.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_get_last_result(VALUE self)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	VALUE rb_pgresult = Qnil;
-	PGresult *cur, *prev;
-
-
-	cur = prev = NULL;
-	while ((cur = PQgetResult(conn)) != NULL) {
-		int status;
-
-		if (prev) PQclear(prev);
-		prev = cur;
-
-		status = PQresultStatus(cur);
-		if (status == PGRES_COPY_OUT || status == PGRES_COPY_IN)
-			break;
-	}
-
-	if (prev) {
-		rb_pgresult = new_pgresult(prev, conn);
-		pgresult_check(self, rb_pgresult);
-	}
-
-	return rb_pgresult;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.async_exec(sql [, params, result_format ] ) -> PGresult
- *    conn.async_exec(sql [, params, result_format ] ) {|pg_result| block }
- *
- * This function has the same behavior as +PGconn#exec+,
- * except that it's implemented using asynchronous command 
- * processing and ruby's +rb_thread_select+ in order to 
- * allow other threads to process while waiting for the
- * server to complete the request.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_async_exec(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	VALUE rb_pgresult = Qnil;
-
-	/* remove any remaining results from the queue */
-	pgconn_block( 0, NULL, self ); /* wait for input (without blocking) before reading the last result */
-	pgconn_get_last_result( self );
-
-	pgconn_send_query( argc, argv, self );
-	pgconn_block( 0, NULL, self );
-	rb_pgresult = pgconn_get_last_result( self );
-
-	if ( rb_block_given_p() ) {
-		return rb_ensure( rb_yield, rb_pgresult, pgresult_clear, rb_pgresult );
-	}
-	return rb_pgresult;
-}
-
-
-/**************************************************************************
- * LARGE OBJECT SUPPORT
- **************************************************************************/
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_creat( [mode] ) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Creates a large object with mode _mode_. Returns a large object Oid.
- * On failure, it raises PGError exception.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_locreat(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	Oid lo_oid;
-	int mode;
-	VALUE nmode;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-
-	if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &nmode) == 0)
-		mode = INV_READ;
-	else
-		mode = NUM2INT(nmode);
-
-	lo_oid = lo_creat(conn, mode);
-	if (lo_oid == 0)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "lo_creat failed");
-
-	return INT2FIX(lo_oid);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_create( oid ) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Creates a large object with oid _oid_. Returns the large object Oid.
- * On failure, it raises PGError exception.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_locreate(VALUE self, VALUE in_lo_oid)
-{
-	Oid ret, lo_oid;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	lo_oid = NUM2INT(in_lo_oid);
-
-	ret = lo_create(conn, in_lo_oid);
-	if (ret == InvalidOid)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "lo_create failed");
-
-	return INT2FIX(ret);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_import(file) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Import a file to a large object. Returns a large object Oid.
- *
- * On failure, it raises a PGError exception.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_loimport(VALUE self, VALUE filename)
-{
-	Oid lo_oid;
-
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-
-	Check_Type(filename, T_STRING);
-
-	lo_oid = lo_import(conn, StringValuePtr(filename));
-	if (lo_oid == 0) {
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "%s", PQerrorMessage(conn));
-	}
-	return INT2FIX(lo_oid);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_export( oid, file ) -> nil
- *
- * Saves a large object of _oid_ to a _file_.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_loexport(VALUE self, VALUE lo_oid, VALUE filename)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int oid;
-	Check_Type(filename, T_STRING);
-
-	oid = NUM2INT(lo_oid);
-	if (oid < 0) {
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "invalid large object oid %d",oid);
-	}
-
-	if (lo_export(conn, oid, StringValuePtr(filename)) < 0) {
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "%s", PQerrorMessage(conn));
-	}
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_open( oid, [mode] ) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Open a large object of _oid_. Returns a large object descriptor 
- * instance on success. The _mode_ argument specifies the mode for
- * the opened large object,which is either +INV_READ+, or +INV_WRITE+.
- *
- * If _mode_ is omitted, the default is +INV_READ+.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_loopen(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-	Oid lo_oid;
-	int fd, mode;
-	VALUE nmode, selfid;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-
-	rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &selfid, &nmode);
-	lo_oid = NUM2INT(selfid);
-	if(NIL_P(nmode))
-		mode = INV_READ;
-	else
-		mode = NUM2INT(nmode);
-
-	if((fd = lo_open(conn, lo_oid, mode)) < 0) {
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "can't open large object: %s", PQerrorMessage(conn));
-	}
-	return INT2FIX(fd);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_write( lo_desc, buffer ) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Writes the string _buffer_ to the large object _lo_desc_.
- * Returns the number of bytes written.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_lowrite(VALUE self, VALUE in_lo_desc, VALUE buffer)
-{
-	int n;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int fd = NUM2INT(in_lo_desc);
-
-	Check_Type(buffer, T_STRING);
-
-	if( RSTRING_LEN(buffer) < 0) {
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "write buffer zero string");
-	}
-	if((n = lo_write(conn, fd, StringValuePtr(buffer), 
-				RSTRING_LEN(buffer))) < 0) {
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "lo_write failed: %s", PQerrorMessage(conn));
-	}
-
-	return INT2FIX(n);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_read( lo_desc, len ) -> String
- *
- * Attempts to read _len_ bytes from large object _lo_desc_,
- * returns resulting data.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_loread(VALUE self, VALUE in_lo_desc, VALUE in_len)
-{
-	int ret;
-  PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int len = NUM2INT(in_len);
-	int lo_desc = NUM2INT(in_lo_desc);
-	VALUE str;
-	char *buffer;
-
-  buffer = ALLOC_N(char, len);
-	if(buffer == NULL)
-		rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "ALLOC failed!");
-
-	if (len < 0){
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError,"nagative length %d given", len);
-	}
-
-	if((ret = lo_read(conn, lo_desc, buffer, len)) < 0)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "lo_read failed");
-
-	if(ret == 0) {
-		xfree(buffer);
-		return Qnil;
-	}
-
-	str = rb_tainted_str_new(buffer, ret);
-	xfree(buffer);
-
-	return str;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_lseek( lo_desc, offset, whence ) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Move the large object pointer _lo_desc_ to offset _offset_.
- * Valid values for _whence_ are +SEEK_SET+, +SEEK_CUR+, and +SEEK_END+.
- * (Or 0, 1, or 2.)
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_lolseek(VALUE self, VALUE in_lo_desc, VALUE offset, VALUE whence)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int lo_desc = NUM2INT(in_lo_desc);
-	int ret;
-
-	if((ret = lo_lseek(conn, lo_desc, NUM2INT(offset), NUM2INT(whence))) < 0) {
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "lo_lseek failed");
-	}
-
-	return INT2FIX(ret);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_tell( lo_desc ) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Returns the current position of the large object _lo_desc_.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_lotell(VALUE self, VALUE in_lo_desc)
-{
-	int position;
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int lo_desc = NUM2INT(in_lo_desc);
-
-	if((position = lo_tell(conn, lo_desc)) < 0)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError,"lo_tell failed");
-
-	return INT2FIX(position);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_truncate( lo_desc, len ) -> nil
- *
- * Truncates the large object _lo_desc_ to size _len_.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_lotruncate(VALUE self, VALUE in_lo_desc, VALUE in_len)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int lo_desc = NUM2INT(in_lo_desc);
-	size_t len = NUM2INT(in_len);
-
-	if(lo_truncate(conn,lo_desc,len) < 0)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError,"lo_truncate failed");
-
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_close( lo_desc ) -> nil
- *
- * Closes the postgres large object of _lo_desc_.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_loclose(VALUE self, VALUE in_lo_desc)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int lo_desc = NUM2INT(in_lo_desc);
-
-	if(lo_close(conn,lo_desc) < 0)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError,"lo_close failed");
-
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    conn.lo_unlink( oid ) -> nil
- *
- * Unlinks (deletes) the postgres large object of _oid_.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_lounlink(VALUE self, VALUE in_oid)
-{
-	PGconn *conn = get_pgconn(self);
-	int oid = NUM2INT(in_oid);
-
-	if (oid < 0)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "invalid oid %d",oid);
-
-	if(lo_unlink(conn,oid) < 0)
-		rb_raise(rb_ePGError,"lo_unlink failed");
-
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/********************************************************************
- * 
- * Document-class: PGresult
- *
- * The class to represent the query result tuples (rows). 
- * An instance of this class is created as the result of every query.
- * You may need to invoke the #clear method of the instance when finished with
- * the result for better memory performance.
- *
- * Example:
- *    require 'pg'
- *    conn = PGconn.open(:dbname => 'test')
- *    res  = conn.exec('SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS b, NULL AS c')
- *    res.getvalue(0,0) # '1'
- *    res[0]['b']       # '2'
- *    res[0]['c']       # nil
- *  
- */
-
-/**************************************************************************
- * PGresult INSTANCE METHODS
- **************************************************************************/
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.result_status() -> Fixnum
- *
- * Returns the status of the query. The status value is one of:
- * * +PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY+
- * * +PGRES_COMMAND_OK+
- * * +PGRES_TUPLES_OK+
- * * +PGRES_COPY_OUT+
- * * +PGRES_COPY_IN+
- * * +PGRES_BAD_RESPONSE+
- * * +PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR+
- * * +PGRES_FATAL_ERROR+
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_result_status(VALUE self)
-{
-	return INT2FIX(PQresultStatus(get_pgresult(self)));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.res_status( status ) -> String
- *
- * Returns the string representation of status +status+.
- *
-*/
-static VALUE
-pgresult_res_status(VALUE self, VALUE status)
-{
-	VALUE ret = rb_tainted_str_new2(PQresStatus(NUM2INT(status)));
-	ASSOCIATE_INDEX(ret, self);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.error_message() -> String
- *
- * Returns the error message of the command as a string. 
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_error_message(VALUE self)
-{
-	VALUE ret = rb_tainted_str_new2(PQresultErrorMessage(get_pgresult(self)));
-	ASSOCIATE_INDEX(ret, self);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.error_field(fieldcode) -> String
- *
- * Returns the individual field of an error.
- *
- * +fieldcode+ is one of:
- * * +PG_DIAG_SEVERITY+
- * * +PG_DIAG_SQLSTATE+
- * * +PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_PRIMARY+
- * * +PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_DETAIL+
- * * +PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_HINT+
- * * +PG_DIAG_STATEMENT_POSITION+
- * * +PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_POSITION+
- * * +PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_QUERY+
- * * +PG_DIAG_CONTEXT+
- * * +PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FILE+
- * * +PG_DIAG_SOURCE_LINE+
- * * +PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FUNCTION+
- *
- * An example:
- * 
- *   begin
- *       conn.exec( "SELECT * FROM nonexistant_table" )
- *   rescue PGError => err
- *       p [
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_SEVERITY ),
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_SQLSTATE ),
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_PRIMARY ),
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_DETAIL ),
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_HINT ),
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_STATEMENT_POSITION ),
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_POSITION ),
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_QUERY ),
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_CONTEXT ),
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FILE ),
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_SOURCE_LINE ),
- *           result.error_field( PGresult::PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FUNCTION ),
- *       ]
- *   end
- * 
- * Outputs:
- * 
- *   ["ERROR", "42P01", "relation \"nonexistant_table\" does not exist", nil, nil, 
- *    "15", nil, nil, nil, "path/to/parse_relation.c", "857", "parserOpenTable"]
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_error_field(VALUE self, VALUE field)
-{
-	PGresult *result = get_pgresult( self );
-	int fieldcode = NUM2INT( field );
-	char * fieldstr = PQresultErrorField( result, fieldcode );
-	VALUE ret = Qnil;
-
-	if ( fieldstr ) {
-		ret = rb_tainted_str_new2( fieldstr );
-		ASSOCIATE_INDEX( ret, self );
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.clear() -> nil
- *
- * Clears the PGresult object as the result of the query.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_clear(VALUE self)
-{
-	PQclear(get_pgresult(self));
-	DATA_PTR(self) = NULL;
-	return Qnil;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.ntuples() -> Fixnum
- *
- * Returns the number of tuples in the query result.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_ntuples(VALUE self)
-{
-	return INT2FIX(PQntuples(get_pgresult(self)));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.nfields() -> Fixnum
- *
- * Returns the number of columns in the query result.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_nfields(VALUE self)
-{
-	return INT2NUM(PQnfields(get_pgresult(self)));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.fname( index ) -> String
- *
- * Returns the name of the column corresponding to _index_.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_fname(VALUE self, VALUE index)
-{
-	VALUE fname;
-	PGresult *result;
-	int i = NUM2INT(index);
-
-	result = get_pgresult(self);
-	if (i < 0 || i >= PQnfields(result)) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"invalid field number %d", i);
-	}
-	fname = rb_tainted_str_new2(PQfname(result, i));
-	ASSOCIATE_INDEX(fname, self);
-	return fname;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.fnumber( name ) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Returns the index of the field specified by the string _name_.
- *
- * Raises an ArgumentError if the specified _name_ isn't one of the field names;
- * raises a TypeError if _name_ is not a String.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_fnumber(VALUE self, VALUE name)
-{
-	int n;
-
-	Check_Type(name, T_STRING);
-
-	n = PQfnumber(get_pgresult(self), StringValuePtr(name));
-	if (n == -1) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"Unknown field: %s", StringValuePtr(name));
-	}
-	return INT2FIX(n);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.ftable( column_number ) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Returns the Oid of the table from which the column _column_number_
- * was fetched.
- *
- * Raises ArgumentError if _column_number_ is out of range or if
- * the Oid is undefined for that column.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_ftable(VALUE self, VALUE column_number)
-{
-	Oid n ;
-	int col_number = NUM2INT(column_number);
-	PGresult *pgresult = get_pgresult(self);
-
-	if( col_number < 0 || col_number >= PQnfields(pgresult)) 
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"Invalid column index: %d", col_number);
-
-	n = PQftable(pgresult, col_number);
-	return INT2FIX(n);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.ftablecol( column_number ) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Returns the column number (within its table) of the table from 
- * which the column _column_number_ is made up.
- *
- * Raises ArgumentError if _column_number_ is out of range or if
- * the column number from its table is undefined for that column.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_ftablecol(VALUE self, VALUE column_number)
-{
-	int col_number = NUM2INT(column_number);
-	PGresult *pgresult = get_pgresult(self);
-
-	int n;
-
-	if( col_number < 0 || col_number >= PQnfields(pgresult)) 
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"Invalid column index: %d", col_number);
-
-	n = PQftablecol(pgresult, col_number);
-	return INT2FIX(n);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.fformat( column_number ) -> Fixnum
- *
- * Returns the format (0 for text, 1 for binary) of column
- * _column_number_.
- * 
- * Raises ArgumentError if _column_number_ is out of range.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_fformat(VALUE self, VALUE column_number)
-{
-	PGresult *result = get_pgresult(self);
-	int fnumber = NUM2INT(column_number);
-	if (fnumber < 0 || fnumber >= PQnfields(result)) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Column number is out of range: %d", 
-			fnumber);
-	}
-	return INT2FIX(PQfformat(result, fnumber));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.ftype( column_number )
- *
- * Returns the data type associated with _column_number_.
- *
- * The integer returned is the internal +OID+ number (in PostgreSQL)
- * of the type. To get a human-readable value for the type, use the
- * returned OID and the field's #fmod value with the format_type() SQL 
- * function:
- * 
- *   # Get the type of the second column of the result 'res'
- *   typename = conn.
- *     exec( "SELECT format_type($1,$2)", [res.ftype(1), res.fmod(1)] ).
- *     getvalue( 0, 0 )
- * 
- * Raises an ArgumentError if _column_number_ is out of range.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_ftype(VALUE self, VALUE index)
-{
-	PGresult* result = get_pgresult(self);
-	int i = NUM2INT(index);
-	if (i < 0 || i >= PQnfields(result)) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "invalid field number %d", i);
-	}
-	return INT2NUM(PQftype(result, i));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.fmod( column_number )
- *
- * Returns the type modifier associated with column _column_number_. See 
- * the #ftype method for an example of how to use this.
- * 
- * Raises an ArgumentError if _column_number_ is out of range.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_fmod(VALUE self, VALUE column_number)
-{
-	PGresult *result = get_pgresult(self);
-	int fnumber = NUM2INT(column_number);
-	int modifier;
-	if (fnumber < 0 || fnumber >= PQnfields(result)) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Column number is out of range: %d", 
-			fnumber);
-	}
-	modifier = PQfmod(result,fnumber);
-
-	return INT2NUM(modifier);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.fsize( index )
- *
- * Returns the size of the field type in bytes.  Returns <tt>-1</tt> if the field is variable sized.
- *
- *   res = conn.exec("SELECT myInt, myVarChar50 FROM foo")
- *   res.size(0) => 4
- *   res.size(1) => -1
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_fsize(VALUE self, VALUE index)
-{
-	PGresult *result;
-	int i = NUM2INT(index);
-
-	result = get_pgresult(self);
-	if (i < 0 || i >= PQnfields(result)) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"invalid field number %d", i);
-	}
-	return INT2NUM(PQfsize(result, i));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.getvalue( tup_num, field_num )
- *
- * Returns the value in tuple number _tup_num_, field _field_num_,
- * or +nil+ if the field is +NULL+.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_getvalue(VALUE self, VALUE tup_num, VALUE field_num)
-{
-	VALUE ret;
-	PGresult *result;
-	int i = NUM2INT(tup_num);
-	int j = NUM2INT(field_num);
-
-	result = get_pgresult(self);
-	if(i < 0 || i >= PQntuples(result)) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"invalid tuple number %d", i);
-	}
-	if(j < 0 || j >= PQnfields(result)) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"invalid field number %d", j);
-	}
-	if(PQgetisnull(result, i, j))
-		return Qnil;
-	ret = rb_tainted_str_new(PQgetvalue(result, i, j), 
-				PQgetlength(result, i, j));
-	ASSOCIATE_INDEX(ret, self);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.getisnull(tuple_position, field_position) -> boolean
- *
- * Returns +true+ if the specified value is +nil+; +false+ otherwise.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_getisnull(VALUE self, VALUE tup_num, VALUE field_num)
-{
-	PGresult *result;
-	int i = NUM2INT(tup_num);
-	int j = NUM2INT(field_num);
-
-	result = get_pgresult(self);
-	if (i < 0 || i >= PQntuples(result)) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"invalid tuple number %d", i);
-	}
-	if (j < 0 || j >= PQnfields(result)) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"invalid field number %d", j);
-	}
-	return PQgetisnull(result, i, j) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
-}
-
 /*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.getlength( tup_num, field_num ) -> Fixnum
+ * pg.c - Toplevel extension
+ * $Id: pg.c,v 1cdad2ce8993 2012/01/25 01:21:30 ged $
  *
- * Returns the (String) length of the field in bytes.
+ * Author/s:
  *
- * Equivalent to <tt>res.value(<i>tup_num</i>,<i>field_num</i>).length</tt>.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_getlength(VALUE self, VALUE tup_num, VALUE field_num)
-{
-	PGresult *result;
-	int i = NUM2INT(tup_num);
-	int j = NUM2INT(field_num);
-
-	result = get_pgresult(self);
-	if (i < 0 || i >= PQntuples(result)) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"invalid tuple number %d", i);
-	}
-	if (j < 0 || j >= PQnfields(result)) {
-		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"invalid field number %d", j);
-	}
-	return INT2FIX(PQgetlength(result, i, j));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.nparams() -> Fixnum
+ * - Jeff Davis <ruby-pg@j-davis.com>
+ * - Guy Decoux (ts) <decoux@moulon.inra.fr>
+ * - Michael Granger <ged@FaerieMUD.org>
+ * - Dave Lee
+ * - Eiji Matsumoto <usagi@ruby.club.or.jp>
+ * - Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+ * - Noboru Saitou <noborus@netlab.jp>
  *
- * Returns the number of parameters of a prepared statement.
- * Only useful for the result returned by conn.describePrepared
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_nparams(VALUE self)
-{
-	PGresult *result;
-
-	result = get_pgresult(self);
-	return INT2FIX(PQnparams(result));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.paramtype( param_number ) -> Oid
+ * See Contributors.rdoc for the many additional fine people that have contributed
+ * to this library over the years.
  *
- * Returns the Oid of the data type of parameter _param_number_.
- * Only useful for the result returned by conn.describePrepared
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_paramtype(VALUE self, VALUE param_number)
-{
-	PGresult *result;
-
-	result = get_pgresult(self);
-	return INT2FIX(PQparamtype(result,NUM2INT(param_number)));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.cmd_status() -> String
+ * Copyright (c) 1997-2012 by the authors.
  *
- * Returns the status string of the last query command.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_cmd_status(VALUE self)
-{
-	VALUE ret = rb_tainted_str_new2(PQcmdStatus(get_pgresult(self)));
-	ASSOCIATE_INDEX(ret, self);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.cmd_tuples() -> Fixnum
+ * You may redistribute this software under the same terms as Ruby itself; see
+ * http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt or the LICENSE file in the source
+ * for details.
  *
- * Returns the number of tuples (rows) affected by the SQL command.
+ * Portions of the code are from the PostgreSQL project, and are distributed
+ * under the terms of the PostgreSQL license, included in the file "POSTGRES".
  *
- * If the SQL command that generated the PGresult was not one of:
- * * +INSERT+
- * * +UPDATE+
- * * +DELETE+
- * * +MOVE+
- * * +FETCH+
- * or if no tuples were affected, <tt>0</tt> is returned.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_cmd_tuples(VALUE self)
-{
-	long n;
-	n = strtol(PQcmdTuples(get_pgresult(self)),NULL, 10);
-	return INT2NUM(n);
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.oid_value() -> Fixnum
+ * Portions copyright LAIKA, Inc.
  *
- * Returns the +oid+ of the inserted row if applicable,
- * otherwise +nil+.
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_oid_value(VALUE self)
-{
-	Oid n = PQoidValue(get_pgresult(self));
-	if (n == InvalidOid)
-		return Qnil;
-	else
-		return INT2FIX(n);
-}
-
-/* Utility methods not in libpq */
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res[ n ] -> Hash
  *
- * Returns tuple _n_ as a hash. 
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_aref(VALUE self, VALUE index)
-{
-	PGresult *result = get_pgresult(self);
-	int tuple_num = NUM2INT(index);
-	int field_num;
-	VALUE fname,val;
-	VALUE tuple;
-
-	if ( tuple_num < 0 || tuple_num >= PQntuples(result) )
-		rb_raise( rb_eIndexError, "Index %d is out of range", tuple_num );
-
-	tuple = rb_hash_new();
-	for ( field_num = 0; field_num < PQnfields(result); field_num++ ) {
-		fname = rb_tainted_str_new2( PQfname(result,field_num) );
-		ASSOCIATE_INDEX(fname, self);
-		if ( PQgetisnull(result, tuple_num, field_num) ) {
-			rb_hash_aset( tuple, fname, Qnil );
-		}
-		else {
-			val = rb_tainted_str_new( PQgetvalue(result, tuple_num, field_num ),
-			                          PQgetlength(result, tuple_num, field_num) );
-
-			/* associate client encoding for text format only */
-			if ( 0 == PQfformat(result, field_num) ) {
-				ASSOCIATE_INDEX( val, self );
-			} else {
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED
-				rb_enc_associate( val, rb_ascii8bit_encoding() );
-#endif
-			}
-			rb_hash_aset( tuple, fname, val );
-		}
-	}
-	return tuple;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.values -> Array
+ * The following functions are part of libpq, but not available from ruby-pg,
+ * because they are deprecated, obsolete, or generally not useful:
  *
- * Returns all tuples as an array of arrays.
+ * - PQfreemem -- unnecessary: copied to ruby object, then freed. Ruby object's
+ *                memory is freed when it is garbage collected.
+ * - PQbinaryTuples -- better to use PQfformat
+ * - PQprint -- not very useful
+ * - PQsetdb -- not very useful
+ * - PQoidStatus -- deprecated, use PQoidValue
+ * - PQrequestCancel -- deprecated, use PQcancel
+ * - PQfn -- use a prepared statement instead
+ * - PQgetline -- deprecated, use PQgetCopyData
+ * - PQgetlineAsync -- deprecated, use PQgetCopyData
+ * - PQputline -- deprecated, use PQputCopyData
+ * - PQputnbytes -- deprecated, use PQputCopyData
+ * - PQendcopy -- deprecated, use PQputCopyEnd
  */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_values(VALUE self, VALUE index)
-{
-	PGresult* result = (PGresult*) get_pgresult(self);
-	int row;
-	int field;
-	int num_rows = PQntuples(result);
-	int num_fields = PQnfields(result);
-	VALUE ary = rb_ary_new2(num_rows);
-
-	for ( row = 0; row < num_rows; row++ ) {
-		/* create new row */
-		VALUE new_row = rb_ary_new2(num_fields);
-
-		/* add to return array */
-		rb_ary_store( ary, row, new_row );
-
-		/* populate it */
-		for ( field = 0; field < num_fields; field++ ) {
-			if ( PQgetisnull(result, row, field) ) {
-				rb_ary_store( new_row, field, Qnil );
-			}
-			else {
-				VALUE val = rb_tainted_str_new( PQgetvalue(result, row, field), 
-				                                PQgetlength(result, row, field) );
-
-				/* associate client encoding for text format only */
-				if ( 0 == PQfformat(result, field) ) {
-					ASSOCIATE_INDEX( val, self );
-				} else {
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED
-					rb_enc_associate( val, rb_ascii8bit_encoding() );
-#endif
-				}
-
-				rb_ary_store( new_row, field, val );
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return ary;
-}
 
+#include "pg.h"
 
-/*
- *  call-seq:
- *     res.column_values( n )   -> array
- *
- *  Returns an Array of the values from the nth column of each 
- *  tuple in the result.
- *
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_column_values(VALUE self, VALUE index)
-{
-	int col = NUM2INT( index );
-	return make_column_result_array( self, col );
-}
+VALUE rb_mPG;
+VALUE rb_ePGerror;
+VALUE rb_mPGconstants;
 
 
 /*
- *  call-seq:
- *     res.field_values( field )   -> array
+ * Document-class: PGError
  *
- *  Returns an Array of the values from the given _field_ of each tuple in the result.
+ * This is the exception class raised when an error is returned from
+ * a libpq API call.
  *
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_field_values( VALUE self, VALUE field )
-{
-	PGresult *result = get_pgresult( self );
-	const char *fieldname = RSTRING_PTR( field );
-	int fnum = PQfnumber( result, fieldname );
-
-	if ( fnum < 0 )
-		rb_raise( rb_eIndexError, "no such field '%s' in result", fieldname );
-
-	return make_column_result_array( self, fnum );
-}
-
-
-/* 
- * Make a Ruby array out of the encoded values from the specified
- * column in the given result.
- */
-static VALUE
-make_column_result_array( VALUE self, int col )
-{
-	PGresult *result = get_pgresult( self );
-	int row = PQntuples( result );
-	VALUE ary = rb_ary_new2( row );
-	VALUE val = Qnil;
-
-	if ( col >= PQnfields(result) )
-		rb_raise( rb_eIndexError, "no column %d in result", col );
-
-	while ( row-- ) {
-		val = rb_tainted_str_new( PQgetvalue(result, row, col),
-		                          PQgetlength(result, row, col) );
-
-		/* associate client encoding for text format only */
-		if ( 0 == PQfformat(result, col) ) { 
-			ASSOCIATE_INDEX( val, self );
-		} else {
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED
-			rb_enc_associate( val, rb_ascii8bit_encoding() );
-#endif
-		}
-
-		rb_ary_store( ary, row, val );
-	}
-
-	return ary;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.each{ |tuple| ... }
+ * The attributes +connection+ and +result+ are set to the connection
+ * object and result set object, respectively.
  *
- * Invokes block for each tuple in the result set.
+ * If the connection object or result set object is not available from
+ * the context in which the error was encountered, it is +nil+.
  */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_each(VALUE self)
-{
-	PGresult *result = get_pgresult(self);
-	int tuple_num;
-
-	for(tuple_num = 0; tuple_num < PQntuples(result); tuple_num++) {
-		rb_yield(pgresult_aref(self, INT2NUM(tuple_num)));
-	}
-	return self;
-}
 
 /*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.fields() -> Array
- *
- * Returns an array of Strings representing the names of the fields in the result.
+ * M17n functions
  */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_fields(VALUE self)
-{
-	PGresult *result;
-	VALUE ary;
-	int n, i;
-
-	result = get_pgresult(self);
-	n = PQnfields(result);
-	ary = rb_ary_new2(n);
-	for (i=0;i<n;i++) {
-		VALUE val = rb_tainted_str_new2(PQfname(result, i));
-		ASSOCIATE_INDEX(val, self);
-		rb_ary_push(ary, val);
-	}
-	return ary;
-}
-
 
 #ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED
 /**
  * The mapping from canonical encoding names in PostgreSQL to ones in Ruby.
  */
-static const char * const (enc_pg2ruby_mapping[][2]) = {
-	    {"BIG5",          "Big5"        },
-	    {"EUC_CN",        "GB2312"      },
-	    {"EUC_JP",        "EUC-JP"      },
-	    {"EUC_JIS_2004",  "EUC-JP"      },
-	    {"EUC_KR",        "EUC-KR"      },
-	    {"EUC_TW",        "EUC-TW"      },
-	    {"GB18030",       "GB18030"     },
-	    {"GBK",           "GBK"         },
-	    {"ISO_8859_5",    "ISO-8859-5"  },
-	    {"ISO_8859_6",    "ISO-8859-6"  },
-	    {"ISO_8859_7",    "ISO-8859-7"  },
-	    {"ISO_8859_8",    "ISO-8859-8"  },
-	    /* {"JOHAB",         "JOHAB"       }, dummy */
-	    {"KOI8",          "KOI8-R"      },
-	    {"KOI8R",         "KOI8-R"      },
-	    {"KOI8U",         "KOI8-U"      },
-	    {"LATIN1",        "ISO-8859-1"  },
-	    {"LATIN2",        "ISO-8859-2"  },
-	    {"LATIN3",        "ISO-8859-3"  },
-	    {"LATIN4",        "ISO-8859-4"  },
-	    {"LATIN5",        "ISO-8859-5"  },
-	    {"LATIN6",        "ISO-8859-6"  },
-	    {"LATIN7",        "ISO-8859-7"  },
-	    {"LATIN8",        "ISO-8859-8"  },
-	    {"LATIN9",        "ISO-8859-9"  },
-	    {"LATIN10",       "ISO-8859-10" },
-	    {"MULE_INTERNAL", "Emacs-Mule"  },
-	    {"SJIS",          "Windows-31J" },
-	    {"SHIFT_JIS_2004","Windows-31J" },
-	    /* {"SQL_ASCII",     NULL          },  special case*/
-	    {"UHC",           "CP949"       },
-	    {"UTF8",          "UTF-8"       },
-	    {"WIN866",        "IBM866"      },
-	    {"WIN874",        "Windows-874" },
-	    {"WIN1250",       "Windows-1250"},
-	    {"WIN1251",       "Windows-1251"},
-	    {"WIN1252",       "Windows-1252"},
-	    {"WIN1253",       "Windows-1253"},
-	    {"WIN1254",       "Windows-1254"},
-	    {"WIN1255",       "Windows-1255"},
-	    {"WIN1256",       "Windows-1256"},
-	    {"WIN1257",       "Windows-1257"},
-	    {"WIN1258",       "Windows-1258"}
+const char * const (pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping[][2]) = {
+	{"BIG5",          "Big5"        },
+	{"EUC_CN",        "GB2312"      },
+	{"EUC_JP",        "EUC-JP"      },
+	{"EUC_JIS_2004",  "EUC-JP"      },
+	{"EUC_KR",        "EUC-KR"      },
+	{"EUC_TW",        "EUC-TW"      },
+	{"GB18030",       "GB18030"     },
+	{"GBK",           "GBK"         },
+	{"ISO_8859_5",    "ISO-8859-5"  },
+	{"ISO_8859_6",    "ISO-8859-6"  },
+	{"ISO_8859_7",    "ISO-8859-7"  },
+	{"ISO_8859_8",    "ISO-8859-8"  },
+	/* {"JOHAB",         "JOHAB"       }, dummy */
+	{"KOI8",          "KOI8-R"      },
+	{"KOI8R",         "KOI8-R"      },
+	{"KOI8U",         "KOI8-U"      },
+	{"LATIN1",        "ISO-8859-1"  },
+	{"LATIN2",        "ISO-8859-2"  },
+	{"LATIN3",        "ISO-8859-3"  },
+	{"LATIN4",        "ISO-8859-4"  },
+	{"LATIN5",        "ISO-8859-9"  },
+	{"LATIN6",        "ISO-8859-10" },
+	{"LATIN7",        "ISO-8859-13" },
+	{"LATIN8",        "ISO-8859-14" },
+	{"LATIN9",        "ISO-8859-15" },
+	{"LATIN10",       "ISO-8859-16" },
+	{"MULE_INTERNAL", "Emacs-Mule"  },
+	{"SJIS",          "Windows-31J" },
+	{"SHIFT_JIS_2004","Windows-31J" },
+	/* {"SQL_ASCII",     NULL          },  special case*/
+	{"UHC",           "CP949"       },
+	{"UTF8",          "UTF-8"       },
+	{"WIN866",        "IBM866"      },
+	{"WIN874",        "Windows-874" },
+	{"WIN1250",       "Windows-1250"},
+	{"WIN1251",       "Windows-1251"},
+	{"WIN1252",       "Windows-1252"},
+	{"WIN1253",       "Windows-1253"},
+	{"WIN1254",       "Windows-1254"},
+	{"WIN1255",       "Windows-1255"},
+	{"WIN1256",       "Windows-1256"},
+	{"WIN1257",       "Windows-1257"},
+	{"WIN1258",       "Windows-1258"}
 };
 
 
@@ -3912,7 +126,14 @@ static const char * const (enc_pg2ruby_mapping[][2]) = {
 static struct st_table *enc_pg2ruby;
 static ID s_id_index;
 
-static int enc_get_index(VALUE val)
+
+/*
+ * Get the index of encoding +val+.
+ * :FIXME: Look into replacing this with rb_enc_get_index() since 1.9.1 isn't really 
+ * used anymore.
+ */
+int
+pg_enc_get_index(VALUE val)
 {
 	int i = ENCODING_GET_INLINED(val);
 	if (i == ENCODING_INLINE_MAX) {
@@ -3922,21 +143,18 @@ static int enc_get_index(VALUE val)
 	return i;
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_RB_ENCDB_ALIAS
-#	define ENC_ALIAS(name, orig) rb_encdb_alias((name), (orig))
-#elif HAVE_RB_ENC_ALIAS
-#	define ENC_ALIAS(name, orig) rb_enc_alias((name), (orig))
-#else
-extern int rb_enc_alias(const char *alias, const char *orig); /* declaration missing in Ruby 1.9.1 */
-#	define ENC_ALIAS(name, orig) rb_enc_alias((name), (orig))
-#endif
 
+/*
+ * Look up the JOHAB encoding, creating it as a dummy encoding if it's not
+ * already defined.
+ */
 static rb_encoding *
-find_or_create_johab(void)
+pg_find_or_create_johab(void)
 {
 	static const char * const aliases[] = { "JOHAB", "Windows-1361", "CP1361" };
 	int enc_index;
-	int i;
+	size_t i;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(aliases)/sizeof(aliases[0]); ++i) {
 		enc_index = rb_enc_find_index(aliases[i]);
 		if (enc_index > 0) return rb_enc_from_index(enc_index);
@@ -3950,465 +168,200 @@ find_or_create_johab(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Returns the client_encoding of the given connection as a rb_encoding*
+ * Return the given PostgreSQL encoding ID as an rb_encoding.
  *
- * * returns NULL if the client encoding is 'SQL_ASCII'.
- * * returns ASCII-8BIT if the client encoding is unknown.
+ * - returns NULL if the client encoding is 'SQL_ASCII'.
+ * - returns ASCII-8BIT if the client encoding is unknown.
  */
-static rb_encoding *
-pgconn_get_client_encoding_as_rb_encoding(PGconn* conn)
+rb_encoding *
+pg_get_pg_encoding_as_rb_encoding( int enc_id ) 
 {
 	rb_encoding *enc;
-	int enc_id = PQclientEncoding(conn);
 
-	if (st_lookup(enc_pg2ruby, (st_data_t)enc_id, (st_data_t*)&enc)) {
+	/* Use the cached value if it exists */
+	if ( st_lookup(enc_pg2ruby, (st_data_t)enc_id, (st_data_t*)&enc) ) {
 		return enc;
 	}
 	else {
-		int i;
-		const char *name = pg_encoding_to_char(enc_id);
-		if (strcmp("SQL_ASCII", name) == 0) {
-			enc = NULL;
-			goto cache;
-		}
-		for (i = 0; i < sizeof(enc_pg2ruby_mapping)/sizeof(enc_pg2ruby_mapping[0]); ++i) {
-			if (strcmp(name, enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][0]) == 0) {
-				enc = rb_enc_find(enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][1]);
-				goto cache;
-			}
-		}
+		const char *name = pg_encoding_to_char( enc_id );
 
-		/* Ruby 1.9.1 does not supoort JOHAB */
-		if (strcmp(name, "JOHAB") == 0) {
-			enc = find_or_create_johab();
-			goto cache;
-		}
+		enc = pg_get_pg_encname_as_rb_encoding( name );
+		st_insert( enc_pg2ruby, (st_data_t)enc_id, (st_data_t)enc );
 
-		enc = rb_ascii8bit_encoding();
+		return enc;
 	}
-cache:
-	st_insert(enc_pg2ruby, (st_data_t)enc_id, (st_data_t)enc);
-	return enc;
-}
 
+}
 
-/* 
- * Returns the given rb_encoding as the equivalent PostgreSQL encoding string.
- * 
+/*
+ * Return the given PostgreSQL encoding name as an rb_encoding.
  */
-static const char *
-pgconn_get_rb_encoding_as_pg_encname( rb_encoding *enc )
+rb_encoding *
+pg_get_pg_encname_as_rb_encoding( const char *pg_encname )
 {
-	const char *rb_encname = rb_enc_name( enc );
-	const char *encname = NULL;
-	int i;
+	size_t i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(enc_pg2ruby_mapping)/sizeof(enc_pg2ruby_mapping[0]); ++i) {
-		if (strcmp(rb_encname, enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][1]) == 0) {
-			encname = enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][0];
-		}
+	/* Trying looking it up in the conversion table */
+	for ( i = 0; i < sizeof(pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping)/sizeof(pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping[0]); ++i ) {
+		if ( strcmp(pg_encname, pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][0]) == 0 )
+			return rb_enc_find( pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][1] );
 	}
 
-	if ( !encname ) encname = "SQL_ASCII";
-
-	return encname;
-}
+	/* JOHAB isn't a builtin encoding, so make up a dummy encoding if it's seen */
+	if ( strncmp(pg_encname, "JOHAB", 5) == 0 )
+		return pg_find_or_create_johab();
 
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *   conn.internal_encoding() -> Encoding
- *
- * defined in Ruby 1.9 or later.
- *
- * Returns:
- * * an Encoding - client_encoding of the connection as a Ruby Encoding object.
- * * nil - the client_encoding is 'SQL_ASCII'
- */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_internal_encoding(VALUE self)
-{
-	return rb_enc_from_encoding(pgconn_get_client_encoding_as_rb_encoding(get_pgconn(self)));
+	/* Fallthrough to ASCII-8BIT */
+	return rb_ascii8bit_encoding();
 }
 
-static VALUE pgconn_external_encoding(VALUE self);
-
 /*
- * call-seq:
- *   conn.internal_encoding = value
- *
- * A wrapper of +PGconn#set_client_encoding+.
- * defined in Ruby 1.9 or later.
- *
- * +value+ can be one of:
- * * an Encoding
- * * a String - a name of Encoding
- * * +nil+ - sets 'SQL_ASCII' to the client_encoding.
+ * Get the client encoding of the specified connection handle and return it as a rb_encoding.
  */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_internal_encoding_set(VALUE self, VALUE enc)
+rb_encoding *
+pg_conn_enc_get( PGconn *conn )
 {
-	if (NIL_P(enc)) {
-		pgconn_set_client_encoding(self, rb_usascii_str_new_cstr("SQL_ASCII"));
-		return enc;
-	}
-	else if (TYPE(enc) == T_STRING && strcasecmp("JOHAB", RSTRING_PTR(enc)) == 0) {
-		pgconn_set_client_encoding(self, rb_usascii_str_new_cstr("JOHAB"));
-		return enc;
-	}
-	else {
-		int i;
-		const char *name; 
-		name = rb_enc_name(rb_to_encoding(enc));
-
-		/* sequential search becuase rarely called */
-		for (i = 0; i < sizeof(enc_pg2ruby_mapping)/sizeof(enc_pg2ruby_mapping[0]); ++i) {
-			if (strcmp(name, enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][1]) == 0) {
-				if (PQsetClientEncoding(get_pgconn(self), enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][0]) == -1) {
-					VALUE server_encoding = pgconn_external_encoding(self);
-					rb_raise(rb_eEncCompatError, "imcompatible character encodings: %s and %s",
-							rb_enc_name(rb_to_encoding(server_encoding)),
-							enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][0]);
-				}
-				return enc;
-			}
-		}
-
-		/* Ruby 1.9.1 does not support JOHAB */
-		if (strcasecmp(name, "JOHAB") == 0) {
-			pgconn_set_client_encoding(self, rb_usascii_str_new_cstr("JOHAB"));
-			return enc;
-		}
-	}
-
-	enc = rb_inspect(enc);
-	rb_raise(rb_ePGError, "unknown encoding: %s", StringValuePtr(enc));
+	int enc_id = PQclientEncoding( conn );
+	return pg_get_pg_encoding_as_rb_encoding( enc_id );
 }
 
 
-
-static VALUE enc_server_encoding_getvalue(VALUE pgresult)
-{
-	return pgresult_getvalue(pgresult, INT2FIX(0), INT2FIX(0));
-}
-
 /*
- * call-seq:
- *   conn.external_encoding() -> Encoding
- *
- * defined in Ruby 1.9 or later.
- * * Returns the server_encoding of the connected database as a Ruby Encoding object.
- * * Maps 'SQL_ASCII' to ASCII-8BIT.
+ * Returns the given rb_encoding as the equivalent PostgreSQL encoding string.
  */
-static VALUE
-pgconn_external_encoding(VALUE self)
+const char *
+pg_get_rb_encoding_as_pg_encoding( rb_encoding *enc )
 {
-	VALUE enc;
-	enc = rb_iv_get(self, "@external_encoding");
-	if (RTEST(enc)) {
-		return enc;
-	}
-	else {
-		int i;
-		VALUE query = rb_usascii_str_new_cstr("SHOW server_encoding");
-		VALUE pgresult = pgconn_exec(1, &query, self);
-		VALUE enc_name = rb_ensure(enc_server_encoding_getvalue, pgresult, pgresult_clear, pgresult);
-
-		if (strcmp("SQL_ASCII", StringValuePtr(enc_name)) == 0) {
-			enc = rb_enc_from_encoding(rb_ascii8bit_encoding());
-			goto cache;
-		}
-		for (i = 0; i < sizeof(enc_pg2ruby_mapping)/sizeof(enc_pg2ruby_mapping[0]); ++i) {
-			if (strcmp(StringValuePtr(enc_name), enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][0]) == 0) {
-				enc = rb_enc_from_encoding(rb_enc_find(enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][1]));
-				goto cache;
-			}
-		}
+	const char *rb_encname = rb_enc_name( enc );
+	const char *encname = NULL;
+	size_t i;
 
-		/* Ruby 1.9.1 does not supoort JOHAB */
-		if (strcmp(StringValuePtr(enc_name), "JOHAB") == 0) {
-			enc = rb_enc_from_encoding(find_or_create_johab());
-			goto cache;
+	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping)/sizeof(pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping[0]); ++i) {
+		if (strcmp(rb_encname, pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][1]) == 0) {
+			encname = pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][0];
 		}
-
-		/* fallback */
-		enc = rb_enc_from_encoding(rb_enc_find(StringValuePtr(enc_name)));
 	}
 
-cache:
-	rb_iv_set(self, "@external_encoding", enc);
-	return enc;
-}
+	if ( !encname ) encname = "SQL_ASCII";
 
-static void
-init_m17n(void)
-{
-	enc_pg2ruby = st_init_numtable();
-	s_id_index = rb_intern("@encoding");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "internal_encoding", pgconn_internal_encoding, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "internal_encoding=", pgconn_internal_encoding_set, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "external_encoding", pgconn_external_encoding, 0);
+	return encname;
 }
 
+#endif /* M17N_SUPPORTED */
 
-#endif
-/**************************************************************************/
 
 void
 Init_pg_ext()
 {
-	rb_ePGError = rb_define_class("PGError", rb_eStandardError);
-	rb_cPGconn = rb_define_class("PGconn", rb_cObject);
-	rb_cPGresult = rb_define_class("PGresult", rb_cObject);
-
-	/* Library version */
-	rb_define_const( rb_cPGconn, "VERSION", rb_str_new2(VERSION) );
-
-	/*************************
-	 *  PGError 
-	 *************************/
-	rb_define_alias(rb_ePGError, "error", "message");
-	rb_define_attr(rb_ePGError, "connection", 1, 0);
-	rb_define_attr(rb_ePGError, "result", 1, 0);
+	rb_mPG = rb_define_module( "PG" );
+	rb_ePGerror = rb_define_class_under( rb_mPG, "Error", rb_eStandardError );
+	rb_mPGconstants = rb_define_module_under( rb_mPG, "Constants" );
 
 	/*************************
-	 *  PGconn 
+	 *  PG::Error
 	 *************************/
+	rb_define_alias( rb_ePGerror, "error", "message" );
+	rb_define_attr( rb_ePGerror, "connection", 1, 0 );
+	rb_define_attr( rb_ePGerror, "result", 1, 0 );
 
-	/******     PGconn CLASS METHODS     ******/
-	rb_define_alloc_func(rb_cPGconn, pgconn_alloc);
-	rb_define_singleton_alias(rb_cPGconn, "connect", "new");
-	rb_define_singleton_alias(rb_cPGconn, "open", "new");
-	rb_define_singleton_alias(rb_cPGconn, "setdb", "new");
-	rb_define_singleton_alias(rb_cPGconn, "setdblogin", "new");
-	rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cPGconn, "escape_string", pgconn_s_escape, 1);
-	rb_define_singleton_alias(rb_cPGconn, "escape", "escape_string");
-	rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cPGconn, "escape_bytea", pgconn_s_escape_bytea, 1);
-	rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cPGconn, "unescape_bytea", pgconn_s_unescape_bytea, 1);
-	rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cPGconn, "isthreadsafe", pgconn_s_isthreadsafe, 0);
-	rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cPGconn, "encrypt_password", pgconn_s_encrypt_password, 2);
-	rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cPGconn, "quote_ident", pgconn_s_quote_ident, 1);
-	rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cPGconn, "connect_start", pgconn_s_connect_start, -1);
-	rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cPGconn, "conndefaults", pgconn_s_conndefaults, 0);
-
-	/******     PGconn CLASS CONSTANTS: Connection Status     ******/
+	/******     PG::Connection CLASS CONSTANTS: Connection Status     ******/
 
 	/* Connection succeeded */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "CONNECTION_OK", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_OK));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "CONNECTION_OK", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_OK));
 	/* Connection failed */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "CONNECTION_BAD", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_BAD));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "CONNECTION_BAD", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_BAD));
 
-	/******     PGconn CLASS CONSTANTS: Nonblocking connection status     ******/
+	/******     PG::Connection CLASS CONSTANTS: Nonblocking connection status     ******/
 
 	/* Waiting for connection to be made. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "CONNECTION_STARTED", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_STARTED));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "CONNECTION_STARTED", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_STARTED));
 	/* Connection OK; waiting to send. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "CONNECTION_MADE", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_MADE));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "CONNECTION_MADE", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_MADE));
 	/* Waiting for a response from the server. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "CONNECTION_AWAITING_RESPONSE", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_AWAITING_RESPONSE));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "CONNECTION_AWAITING_RESPONSE", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_AWAITING_RESPONSE));
 	/* Received authentication; waiting for backend start-up to finish. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "CONNECTION_AUTH_OK", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_AUTH_OK));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "CONNECTION_AUTH_OK", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_AUTH_OK));
 	/* Negotiating SSL encryption. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "CONNECTION_SSL_STARTUP", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_SSL_STARTUP));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "CONNECTION_SSL_STARTUP", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_SSL_STARTUP));
 	/* Negotiating environment-driven parameter settings. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "CONNECTION_SETENV", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_SETENV));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "CONNECTION_SETENV", INT2FIX(CONNECTION_SETENV));
 
-	/******     PGconn CLASS CONSTANTS: Nonblocking connection polling status     ******/
+	/******     PG::Connection CLASS CONSTANTS: Nonblocking connection polling status     ******/
 
 	/* Async connection is waiting to read */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PGRES_POLLING_READING", INT2FIX(PGRES_POLLING_READING));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_POLLING_READING", INT2FIX(PGRES_POLLING_READING));
 	/* Async connection is waiting to write */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PGRES_POLLING_WRITING", INT2FIX(PGRES_POLLING_WRITING));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_POLLING_WRITING", INT2FIX(PGRES_POLLING_WRITING));
 	/* Async connection failed or was reset */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PGRES_POLLING_FAILED", INT2FIX(PGRES_POLLING_FAILED));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_POLLING_FAILED", INT2FIX(PGRES_POLLING_FAILED));
 	/* Async connection succeeded */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PGRES_POLLING_OK", INT2FIX(PGRES_POLLING_OK));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_POLLING_OK", INT2FIX(PGRES_POLLING_OK));
 
-	/******     PGconn CLASS CONSTANTS: Transaction Status     ******/
+	/******     PG::Connection CLASS CONSTANTS: Transaction Status     ******/
 
 	/* Transaction is currently idle (#transaction_status) */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PQTRANS_IDLE", INT2FIX(PQTRANS_IDLE));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PQTRANS_IDLE", INT2FIX(PQTRANS_IDLE));
 	/* Transaction is currently active; query has been sent to the server, but not yet completed. (#transaction_status) */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PQTRANS_ACTIVE", INT2FIX(PQTRANS_ACTIVE));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PQTRANS_ACTIVE", INT2FIX(PQTRANS_ACTIVE));
 	/* Transaction is currently idle, in a valid transaction block (#transaction_status) */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PQTRANS_INTRANS", INT2FIX(PQTRANS_INTRANS));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PQTRANS_INTRANS", INT2FIX(PQTRANS_INTRANS));
 	/* Transaction is currently idle, in a failed transaction block (#transaction_status) */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PQTRANS_INERROR", INT2FIX(PQTRANS_INERROR));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PQTRANS_INERROR", INT2FIX(PQTRANS_INERROR));
 	/* Transaction's connection is bad (#transaction_status) */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PQTRANS_UNKNOWN", INT2FIX(PQTRANS_UNKNOWN));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PQTRANS_UNKNOWN", INT2FIX(PQTRANS_UNKNOWN));
 
-	/******     PGconn CLASS CONSTANTS: Error Verbosity     ******/
+	/******     PG::Connection CLASS CONSTANTS: Error Verbosity     ******/
 
 	/* Terse error verbosity level (#set_error_verbosity) */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PQERRORS_TERSE", INT2FIX(PQERRORS_TERSE));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PQERRORS_TERSE", INT2FIX(PQERRORS_TERSE));
 	/* Default error verbosity level (#set_error_verbosity) */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PQERRORS_DEFAULT", INT2FIX(PQERRORS_DEFAULT));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PQERRORS_DEFAULT", INT2FIX(PQERRORS_DEFAULT));
 	/* Verbose error verbosity level (#set_error_verbosity) */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "PQERRORS_VERBOSE", INT2FIX(PQERRORS_VERBOSE));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PQERRORS_VERBOSE", INT2FIX(PQERRORS_VERBOSE));
 
-	/******     PGconn CLASS CONSTANTS: Large Objects     ******/
+	/******     PG::Connection CLASS CONSTANTS: Large Objects     ******/
 
 	/* Flag for #lo_creat, #lo_open -- open for writing */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "INV_WRITE", INT2FIX(INV_WRITE));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "INV_WRITE", INT2FIX(INV_WRITE));
 	/* Flag for #lo_creat, #lo_open -- open for reading */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "INV_READ", INT2FIX(INV_READ));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "INV_READ", INT2FIX(INV_READ));
 	/* Flag for #lo_lseek -- seek from object start */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "SEEK_SET", INT2FIX(SEEK_SET));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "SEEK_SET", INT2FIX(SEEK_SET));
 	/* Flag for #lo_lseek -- seek from current position */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "SEEK_CUR", INT2FIX(SEEK_CUR));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "SEEK_CUR", INT2FIX(SEEK_CUR));
 	/* Flag for #lo_lseek -- seek from object end */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGconn, "SEEK_END", INT2FIX(SEEK_END));
-
-	/******     PGconn INSTANCE METHODS: Connection Control     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "initialize", pgconn_init, -1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "connect_poll", pgconn_connect_poll, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "finish", pgconn_finish, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "reset", pgconn_reset, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "reset_start", pgconn_reset_start, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "reset_poll", pgconn_reset_poll, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "conndefaults", pgconn_s_conndefaults, 0);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "close", "finish");
-
-	/******     PGconn INSTANCE METHODS: Connection Status     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "db", pgconn_db, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "user", pgconn_user, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "pass", pgconn_pass, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "host", pgconn_host, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "port", pgconn_port, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "tty", pgconn_tty, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "options", pgconn_options, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "status", pgconn_status, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "transaction_status", pgconn_transaction_status, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "parameter_status", pgconn_parameter_status, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "protocol_version", pgconn_protocol_version, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "server_version", pgconn_server_version, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "error_message", pgconn_error_message, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "socket", pgconn_socket, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "backend_pid", pgconn_backend_pid, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "connection_needs_password", pgconn_connection_needs_password, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "connection_used_password", pgconn_connection_used_password, 0);
-	//rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "getssl", pgconn_getssl, 0);
-
-	/******     PGconn INSTANCE METHODS: Command Execution     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "exec", pgconn_exec, -1);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "query", "exec");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "prepare", pgconn_prepare, -1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "exec_prepared", pgconn_exec_prepared, -1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "describe_prepared", pgconn_describe_prepared, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "describe_portal", pgconn_describe_portal, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "make_empty_pgresult", pgconn_make_empty_pgresult, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "escape_string", pgconn_s_escape, 1);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "escape", "escape_string");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "escape_bytea", pgconn_s_escape_bytea, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "unescape_bytea", pgconn_s_unescape_bytea, 1);
-
-	/******     PGconn INSTANCE METHODS: Asynchronous Command Processing     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "send_query", pgconn_send_query, -1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "send_prepare", pgconn_send_prepare, -1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "send_query_prepared", pgconn_send_query_prepared, -1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "send_describe_prepared", pgconn_send_describe_prepared, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "send_describe_portal", pgconn_send_describe_portal, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "get_result", pgconn_get_result, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "consume_input", pgconn_consume_input, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "is_busy", pgconn_is_busy, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "setnonblocking", pgconn_setnonblocking, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "isnonblocking", pgconn_isnonblocking, 0);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "nonblocking?", "isnonblocking");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "flush", pgconn_flush, 0);
-
-	/******     PGconn INSTANCE METHODS: Cancelling Queries in Progress     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "cancel", pgconn_cancel, 0);
-
-	/******     PGconn INSTANCE METHODS: NOTIFY     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "notifies", pgconn_notifies, 0);
-
-	/******     PGconn INSTANCE METHODS: COPY     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "put_copy_data", pgconn_put_copy_data, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "put_copy_end", pgconn_put_copy_end, -1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "get_copy_data", pgconn_get_copy_data, -1);
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "SEEK_END", INT2FIX(SEEK_END));
 
-	/******     PGconn INSTANCE METHODS: Control Functions     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "set_error_verbosity", pgconn_set_error_verbosity, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "trace", pgconn_trace, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "untrace", pgconn_untrace, 0);
 
-	/******     PGconn INSTANCE METHODS: Notice Processing     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "set_notice_receiver", pgconn_set_notice_receiver, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "set_notice_processor", pgconn_set_notice_processor, 0);
-
-	/******     PGconn INSTANCE METHODS: Other    ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "get_client_encoding", pgconn_get_client_encoding, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "set_client_encoding", pgconn_set_client_encoding, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "transaction", pgconn_transaction, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "block", pgconn_block, -1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "wait_for_notify", pgconn_wait_for_notify, -1);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "notifies_wait", "wait_for_notify");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "quote_ident", pgconn_s_quote_ident, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "async_exec", pgconn_async_exec, -1);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "async_query", "async_exec");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "get_last_result", pgconn_get_last_result, 0);
-
-	/******     PGconn INSTANCE METHODS: Large Object Support     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_creat", pgconn_locreat, -1);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "locreat", "lo_creat");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_create", pgconn_locreate, 1);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "locreate", "lo_create");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_import", pgconn_loimport, 1);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "loimport", "lo_import");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_export", pgconn_loexport, 2);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "loexport", "lo_export");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_open", pgconn_loopen, -1);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "loopen", "lo_open");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_write",pgconn_lowrite, 2);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "lowrite", "lo_write");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_read",pgconn_loread, 2);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "loread", "lo_read");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_lseek",pgconn_lolseek, 3);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "lolseek", "lo_lseek");
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "lo_seek", "lo_lseek");
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "loseek", "lo_lseek");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_tell",pgconn_lotell, 1);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "lotell", "lo_tell");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_truncate", pgconn_lotruncate, 2);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "lotruncate", "lo_truncate");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_close",pgconn_loclose, 1);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "loclose", "lo_close");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGconn, "lo_unlink", pgconn_lounlink, 1);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGconn, "lounlink", "lo_unlink");
-
-	/*************************
-	 *  PGresult 
-	 *************************/
-	rb_include_module(rb_cPGresult, rb_mEnumerable);
-
-	/******     PGresult CONSTANTS: result status      ******/
+	/******     PG::Result CONSTANTS: result status      ******/
 
 	/* #result_status constant: The string sent to the server was empty. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY", INT2FIX(PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY", INT2FIX(PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY));
 	/* #result_status constant: Successful completion of a command returning no data. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PGRES_COMMAND_OK", INT2FIX(PGRES_COMMAND_OK));
- 	/* #result_status constant: Successful completion of a command returning data 
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_COMMAND_OK", INT2FIX(PGRES_COMMAND_OK));
+		/* #result_status constant: Successful completion of a command returning data 
 	   (such as a SELECT or SHOW). */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PGRES_TUPLES_OK", INT2FIX(PGRES_TUPLES_OK));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_TUPLES_OK", INT2FIX(PGRES_TUPLES_OK));
 	/* #result_status constant: Copy Out (from server) data transfer started. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PGRES_COPY_OUT", INT2FIX(PGRES_COPY_OUT));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_COPY_OUT", INT2FIX(PGRES_COPY_OUT));
 	/* #result_status constant: Copy In (to server) data transfer started. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PGRES_COPY_IN", INT2FIX(PGRES_COPY_IN));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_COPY_IN", INT2FIX(PGRES_COPY_IN));
 	/* #result_status constant: The server’s response was not understood. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PGRES_BAD_RESPONSE", INT2FIX(PGRES_BAD_RESPONSE));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_BAD_RESPONSE", INT2FIX(PGRES_BAD_RESPONSE));
 	/* #result_status constant: A nonfatal error (a notice or warning) occurred. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR",INT2FIX(PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR",INT2FIX(PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR));
 	/* #result_status constant: A fatal error occurred. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PGRES_FATAL_ERROR", INT2FIX(PGRES_FATAL_ERROR));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PGRES_FATAL_ERROR", INT2FIX(PGRES_FATAL_ERROR));
 
-	/******     PGresult CONSTANTS: result error field codes      ******/
+	/******     Result CONSTANTS: result error field codes      ******/
 
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: The severity; the field contents
 	 * are ERROR, FATAL, or PANIC (in an error message), or WARNING, NOTICE,
 	 * DEBUG, INFO, or LOG (in a notice message), or a localized translation
 	 * of one of these. Always present.
 	 */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_SEVERITY", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_SEVERITY));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_SEVERITY", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_SEVERITY));
+
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: The SQLSTATE code for the
 	 * error. The SQLSTATE code identies the type of error that has occurred;
 	 * it can be used by front-end applications to perform specic operations
@@ -4416,97 +369,79 @@ Init_pg_ext()
 	 * error. For a list of the possible SQLSTATE codes, see Appendix A.
 	 * This eld is not localizable, and is always present.
 	 */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_SQLSTATE", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_SQLSTATE));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_SQLSTATE", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_SQLSTATE));
+
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: The primary human-readable
 	 * error message (typically one line). Always present. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_PRIMARY", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_PRIMARY));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_PRIMARY", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_PRIMARY));
+
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: Detail: an optional secondary
 	 * error message carrying more detail about the problem. Might run to
 	 * multiple lines.
 	 */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_DETAIL", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_DETAIL));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_DETAIL", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_DETAIL));
+
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: Hint: an optional suggestion
 	 * what to do about the problem. This is intended to differ from detail
 	 * in that it offers advice (potentially inappropriate) rather than
 	 * hard facts. Might run to multiple lines.
 	 */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_HINT", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_HINT));
+
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_HINT", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_HINT));
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: A string containing a decimal
 	 * integer indicating an error cursor position as an index into the
 	 * original statement string. The rst character has index 1, and
 	 * positions are measured in characters not bytes.
 	 */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_STATEMENT_POSITION", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_STATEMENT_POSITION));
+
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_STATEMENT_POSITION", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_STATEMENT_POSITION));
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: This is dened the same as
 	 * the PG_DIAG_STATEMENT_POSITION eld, but it is used when the cursor
 	 * position refers to an internally generated command rather than the
 	 * one submitted by the client. The PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_QUERY eld will
 	 * always appear when this eld appears.
 	 */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_POSITION", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_POSITION));
+
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_POSITION", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_POSITION));
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: The text of a failed
 	 * internally-generated command. This could be, for example, a SQL
 	 * query issued by a PL/pgSQL function.
 	 */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_QUERY", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_QUERY));
+
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_QUERY", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_INTERNAL_QUERY));
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: An indication of the context
 	 * in which the error occurred. Presently this includes a call stack
 	 * traceback of active procedural language functions and internally-generated
 	 * queries. The trace is one entry per line, most recent rst.
 	 */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_CONTEXT", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_CONTEXT));
+
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_CONTEXT", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_CONTEXT));
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: The le name of the source-code
 	 * location where the error was reported. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FILE", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FILE));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FILE", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FILE));
+
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: The line number of the
 	 * source-code location where the error was reported. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_SOURCE_LINE", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_SOURCE_LINE));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_SOURCE_LINE", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_SOURCE_LINE));
+
 	/* #result_error_field argument constant: The name of the source-code
 	 * function reporting the error. */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FUNCTION", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FUNCTION));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FUNCTION", INT2FIX(PG_DIAG_SOURCE_FUNCTION));
 
 	/* Invalid OID constant */
-	rb_define_const(rb_cPGresult, "InvalidOid", INT2FIX(InvalidOid));
-
-	/******     PGresult INSTANCE METHODS: libpq     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "result_status", pgresult_result_status, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "res_status", pgresult_res_status, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "error_message", pgresult_error_message, 0);
-	rb_define_alias( rb_cPGresult, "result_error_message", "error_message");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "error_field", pgresult_error_field, 1);
-	rb_define_alias( rb_cPGresult, "result_error_field", "error_field" );
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "clear", pgresult_clear, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "ntuples", pgresult_ntuples, 0);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGresult, "num_tuples", "ntuples");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "nfields", pgresult_nfields, 0);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGresult, "num_fields", "nfields");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "fname", pgresult_fname, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "fnumber", pgresult_fnumber, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "ftable", pgresult_ftable, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "ftablecol", pgresult_ftablecol, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "fformat", pgresult_fformat, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "ftype", pgresult_ftype, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "fmod", pgresult_fmod, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "fsize", pgresult_fsize, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "getvalue", pgresult_getvalue, 2);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "getisnull", pgresult_getisnull, 2);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "getlength", pgresult_getlength, 2);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "nparams", pgresult_nparams, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "paramtype", pgresult_paramtype, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "cmd_status", pgresult_cmd_status, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "cmd_tuples", pgresult_cmd_tuples, 0);
-	rb_define_alias(rb_cPGresult, "cmdtuples", "cmd_tuples");
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "oid_value", pgresult_oid_value, 0);
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "INVALID_OID", INT2FIX(InvalidOid));
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "InvalidOid", INT2FIX(InvalidOid));
 
-	/******     PGresult INSTANCE METHODS: other     ******/
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "[]", pgresult_aref, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "each", pgresult_each, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "fields", pgresult_fields, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "values", pgresult_values, 0);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "column_values", pgresult_column_values, 1);
-	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "field_values", pgresult_field_values, 1);
+	/* Add the constants to the toplevel namespace */
+	rb_include_module( rb_mPG, rb_mPGconstants );
 
-#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED
-	init_m17n();
+#ifdef M17N_SUPPORTED	
+	enc_pg2ruby = st_init_numtable();
+	s_id_index = rb_intern("@encoding");
 #endif
+
+	/* Initialize the main extension classes */
+	init_pg_connection();
+	init_pg_result();
 }
+