pg 0.18.4 → 1.2.3

data/ext/pg_result.c

@@ -1,21 +1,177 @@
 /*
  * pg_result.c - PG::Result class extension
- * $Id: pg_result.c,v 1269b8ad77b8 2015/02/06 16:38:23 lars $
+ * $Id$
  *
  */
 
 #include "pg.h"
 
-
 VALUE rb_cPGresult;
+static VALUE sym_symbol, sym_string, sym_static_symbol;
 
-static void pgresult_gc_free( t_pg_result * );
 static VALUE pgresult_type_map_set( VALUE, VALUE );
-static VALUE pgresult_s_allocate( VALUE );
 static t_pg_result *pgresult_get_this( VALUE );
 static t_pg_result *pgresult_get_this_safe( VALUE );
 
+#if defined(HAVE_PQRESULTMEMORYSIZE)
+
+static ssize_t
+pgresult_approx_size(const PGresult *result)
+{
+	return PQresultMemorySize(result);
+}
+
+#else
+
+#define PGRESULT_DATA_BLOCKSIZE 2048
+typedef struct pgresAttValue
+{
+	int			len;			/* length in bytes of the value */
+	char	   *value;			/* actual value, plus terminating zero byte */
+} PGresAttValue;
+
+
+static int
+count_leading_zero_bits(unsigned int x)
+{
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
+	return __builtin_clz(x);
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+	DWORD r = 0;
+	_BitScanForward(&r, x);
+	return (int)r;
+#else
+	unsigned int a;
+	for(a=0; a < sizeof(unsigned int) * 8; a++){
+		if( x & (1 << (sizeof(unsigned int) * 8 - 1))) return a;
+		x <<= 1;
+	}
+	return a;
+#endif
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+pgresult_approx_size(const PGresult *result)
+{
+	int num_fields = PQnfields(result);
+	ssize_t size = 0;
+
+	if( num_fields > 0 ){
+		int num_tuples = PQntuples(result);
+
+		if( num_tuples > 0 ){
+			int pos;
+
+			/* This is a simple heuristic to determine the number of sample fields and subsequently to approximate the memory size taken by all field values of the result set.
+			 * Since scanning of all field values is would have a severe performance impact, only a small subset of fields is retrieved and the result is extrapolated to the whole result set.
+			 * The given algorithm has no real scientific background, but is made for speed and typical table layouts.
+			 */
+			int num_samples =
+				(num_fields < 9 ? num_fields : 39 - count_leading_zero_bits(num_fields-8)) *
+				(num_tuples < 8 ? 1 : 30 - count_leading_zero_bits(num_tuples));
+
+			/* start with scanning very last fields, since they are most probably in the cache */
+			for( pos = 0; pos < (num_samples+1)/2; pos++ ){
+				size += PQgetlength(result, num_tuples - 1 - (pos / num_fields), num_fields - 1 - (pos % num_fields));
+			}
+			/* scan the very first fields */
+			for( pos = 0; pos < num_samples/2; pos++ ){
+				size += PQgetlength(result, pos / num_fields, pos % num_fields);
+			}
+			/* extrapolate sample size to whole result set */
+			size = size * num_tuples * num_fields / num_samples;
+		}
+
+		/* count metadata */
+		size += num_fields * (
+				sizeof(PGresAttDesc) + /* column description */
+				num_tuples * (
+					sizeof(PGresAttValue) + 1 /* ptr, len and zero termination of each value */
+				)
+		);
+
+		/* Account free space due to libpq's default block size */
+		size = (size + PGRESULT_DATA_BLOCKSIZE - 1) / PGRESULT_DATA_BLOCKSIZE * PGRESULT_DATA_BLOCKSIZE;
+
+		/* count tuple pointers */
+		size += sizeof(void*) * ((num_tuples + 128 - 1) / 128 * 128);
+	}
+
+	size += 216; /* add PGresult size */
+
+	return size;
+}
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * GC Mark function
+ */
+static void
+pgresult_gc_mark( t_pg_result *this )
+{
+	int i;
+
+	rb_gc_mark( this->connection );
+	rb_gc_mark( this->typemap );
+	rb_gc_mark( this->tuple_hash );
+	rb_gc_mark( this->field_map );
+
+	for( i=0; i < this->nfields; i++ ){
+		rb_gc_mark( this->fnames[i] );
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * GC Free function
+ */
+static void
+pgresult_clear( t_pg_result *this )
+{
+	if( this->pgresult && !this->autoclear ){
+		PQclear(this->pgresult);
+#ifdef HAVE_RB_GC_ADJUST_MEMORY_USAGE
+		rb_gc_adjust_memory_usage(-this->result_size);
+#endif
+	}
+	this->result_size = 0;
+	this->nfields = -1;
+	this->pgresult = NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+pgresult_gc_free( t_pg_result *this )
+{
+	pgresult_clear( this );
+	xfree(this);
+}
 
+static size_t
+pgresult_memsize( t_pg_result *this )
+{
+	/* Ideally the memory 'this' is pointing to should be taken into account as well.
+	 * However we don't want to store two memory sizes in t_pg_result just for reporting by ObjectSpace.memsize_of.
+	 */
+	return this->result_size;
+}
+
+static const rb_data_type_t pgresult_type = {
+	"pg",
+	{
+		(void (*)(void*))pgresult_gc_mark,
+		(void (*)(void*))pgresult_gc_free,
+		(size_t (*)(const void *))pgresult_memsize,
+	},
+	0, 0,
+#ifdef RUBY_TYPED_FREE_IMMEDIATELY
+	RUBY_TYPED_FREE_IMMEDIATELY,
+#endif
+};
+
+/* Needed by sequel_pg gem, do not delete */
+int pg_get_result_enc_idx(VALUE self)
+{
+	return pgresult_get_this(self)->enc_idx;
+}
 
 /*
  * Global functions
@@ -24,45 +180,88 @@ static t_pg_result *pgresult_get_this_safe( VALUE );
 /*
  * Result constructor
  */
-VALUE
-pg_new_result(PGresult *result, VALUE rb_pgconn)
+static VALUE
+pg_new_result2(PGresult *result, VALUE rb_pgconn)
 {
 	int nfields = result ? PQnfields(result) : 0;
-	VALUE self = pgresult_s_allocate( rb_cPGresult );
+	VALUE self;
 	t_pg_result *this;
 
 	this = (t_pg_result *)xmalloc(sizeof(*this) +  sizeof(*this->fnames) * nfields);
-	DATA_PTR(self) = this;
-
 	this->pgresult = result;
 	this->connection = rb_pgconn;
 	this->typemap = pg_typemap_all_strings;
 	this->p_typemap = DATA_PTR( this->typemap );
-	this->autoclear = 0;
 	this->nfields = -1;
 	this->tuple_hash = Qnil;
-
-	PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(self, ENCODING_GET(rb_pgconn));
+	this->field_map = Qnil;
+	this->flags = 0;
+	self = TypedData_Wrap_Struct(rb_cPGresult, &pgresult_type, this);
 
 	if( result ){
 		t_pg_connection *p_conn = pg_get_connection(rb_pgconn);
 		VALUE typemap = p_conn->type_map_for_results;
-
 		/* Type check is done when assigned to PG::Connection. */
 		t_typemap *p_typemap = DATA_PTR(typemap);
 
+		this->enc_idx = p_conn->enc_idx;
 		this->typemap = p_typemap->funcs.fit_to_result( typemap, self );
 		this->p_typemap = DATA_PTR( this->typemap );
+		this->flags = p_conn->flags;
+	} else {
+		this->enc_idx = rb_locale_encindex();
 	}
 
 	return self;
 }
 
+VALUE
+pg_new_result(PGresult *result, VALUE rb_pgconn)
+{
+	VALUE self = pg_new_result2(result, rb_pgconn);
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this(self);
+
+	this->autoclear = 0;
+
+	/* Estimate size of underlying pgresult memory storage and account to ruby GC.
+	 * There's no need to adjust the GC for xmalloc'ed memory, but libpq is using libc malloc() ruby doesn't know about.
+	 */
+	/* TODO: If someday most systems provide PQresultMemorySize(), it's questionable to store result_size in t_pg_result in addition to the value already stored in PGresult.
+	 * For now the memory savings don't justify the ifdefs necessary to support both cases.
+	 */
+	this->result_size = pgresult_approx_size(result);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_RB_GC_ADJUST_MEMORY_USAGE
+	rb_gc_adjust_memory_usage(this->result_size);
+#endif
+
+	return self;
+}
+
+static VALUE
+pg_copy_result(t_pg_result *this)
+{
+	int nfields = this->nfields == -1 ? (this->pgresult ? PQnfields(this->pgresult) : 0) : this->nfields;
+	size_t len = sizeof(*this) +  sizeof(*this->fnames) * nfields;
+	t_pg_result *copy;
+
+	copy = (t_pg_result *)xmalloc(len);
+	memcpy(copy, this, len);
+	this->result_size = 0;
+
+	return TypedData_Wrap_Struct(rb_cPGresult, &pgresult_type, copy);
+}
+
 VALUE
 pg_new_result_autoclear(PGresult *result, VALUE rb_pgconn)
 {
-	VALUE self = pg_new_result(result, rb_pgconn);
+	VALUE self = pg_new_result2(result, rb_pgconn);
 	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this(self);
+
+	/* Autocleared results are freed implicit instead of by PQclear().
+	 * So it's not very useful to be accounted by ruby GC.
+	 */
+	this->result_size = 0;
 	this->autoclear = 1;
 	return self;
 }
@@ -92,12 +291,8 @@ pg_result_check( VALUE self )
 		case PGRES_TUPLES_OK:
 		case PGRES_COPY_OUT:
 		case PGRES_COPY_IN:
-#ifdef HAVE_CONST_PGRES_COPY_BOTH
 		case PGRES_COPY_BOTH:
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_CONST_PGRES_SINGLE_TUPLE
 		case PGRES_SINGLE_TUPLE:
-#endif
 		case PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY:
 		case PGRES_COMMAND_OK:
 			return self;
@@ -111,7 +306,7 @@ pg_result_check( VALUE self )
 		}
 	}
 
-	PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK( error, ENCODING_GET(self) );
+	PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK( error, this->enc_idx );
 
 	sqlstate = PQresultErrorField( this->pgresult, PG_DIAG_SQLSTATE );
 	klass = lookup_error_class( sqlstate );
@@ -135,19 +330,22 @@ pg_result_check( VALUE self )
  * call-seq:
  *    res.clear() -> nil
  *
- * Clears the PG::Result object as the result of the query.
+ * Clears the PG::Result object as the result of a query.
+ * This frees all underlying memory consumed by the result object.
+ * Afterwards access to result methods raises PG::Error "result has been cleared".
+ *
+ * Explicit calling #clear can lead to better memory performance, but is not generally necessary.
+ * Special care must be taken when PG::Tuple objects are used.
+ * In this case #clear must not be called unless all PG::Tuple objects of this result are fully materialized.
  *
- * If PG::Result#autoclear? is true then the result is marked as cleared
- * and the underlying C struct will be cleared automatically by libpq.
+ * If PG::Result#autoclear? is +true+ then the result is only marked as cleared but clearing the underlying C struct will happen when the callback returns.
  *
  */
 VALUE
 pg_result_clear(VALUE self)
 {
 	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this(self);
-	if( !this->autoclear )
-		PQclear(pgresult_get(self));
-	this->pgresult = NULL;
+	pgresult_clear( this );
 	return Qnil;
 }
 
@@ -168,8 +366,10 @@ pgresult_cleared_p( VALUE self )
  * call-seq:
  *    res.autoclear?      -> boolean
  *
- * Returns +true+ if the underlying C struct will be cleared automatically by libpq.
- * Elsewise the result is cleared by PG::Result#clear or by the GC when it's no longer in use.
+ * Returns +true+ if the underlying C struct will be cleared at the end of a callback.
+ * This applies only to Result objects received by the block to PG::Cinnection#set_notice_receiver .
+ *
+ * All other Result objects are automatically cleared by the GC when the object is no longer in use or manually by PG::Result#clear .
  *
  */
 VALUE
@@ -183,37 +383,6 @@ pgresult_autoclear_p( VALUE self )
  * DATA pointer functions
  */
 
-/*
- * GC Mark function
- */
-static void
-pgresult_gc_mark( t_pg_result *this )
-{
-	int i;
-
-	if( !this ) return;
-	rb_gc_mark( this->connection );
-	rb_gc_mark( this->typemap );
-	rb_gc_mark( this->tuple_hash );
-
-	for( i=0; i < this->nfields; i++ ){
-		rb_gc_mark( this->fnames[i] );
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * GC Free function
- */
-static void
-pgresult_gc_free( t_pg_result *this )
-{
-	if( !this ) return;
-	if(this->pgresult != NULL && !this->autoclear)
-		PQclear(this->pgresult);
-
-	xfree(this);
-}
-
 /*
  * Fetch the PG::Result object data pointer and check it's
  * PGresult data pointer for sanity.
@@ -243,18 +412,30 @@ pgresult_get(VALUE self)
 	return this->pgresult;
 }
 
-/*
- * Document-method: allocate
- *
- * call-seq:
- *   PG::Result.allocate -> result
- */
-static VALUE
-pgresult_s_allocate( VALUE klass )
+static VALUE pg_cstr_to_sym(char *cstr, unsigned int flags, int enc_idx)
 {
-	VALUE self = Data_Wrap_Struct( klass, pgresult_gc_mark, pgresult_gc_free, NULL );
-
-	return self;
+	VALUE fname;
+#ifdef TRUFFLERUBY
+	if( flags & (PG_RESULT_FIELD_NAMES_SYMBOL | PG_RESULT_FIELD_NAMES_STATIC_SYMBOL) ){
+#else
+	if( flags & PG_RESULT_FIELD_NAMES_SYMBOL ){
+		rb_encoding *enc = rb_enc_from_index(enc_idx);
+		fname = rb_check_symbol_cstr(cstr, strlen(cstr), enc);
+		if( fname == Qnil ){
+			fname = rb_str_new2(cstr);
+			PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(fname, enc_idx);
+			fname = rb_str_intern(fname);
+		}
+	} else if( flags & PG_RESULT_FIELD_NAMES_STATIC_SYMBOL ){
+#endif
+		rb_encoding *enc = rb_enc_from_index(enc_idx);
+		fname = ID2SYM(rb_intern3(cstr, strlen(cstr), enc));
+	} else {
+		fname = rb_str_new2(cstr);
+		PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(fname, enc_idx);
+		fname = rb_obj_freeze(fname);
+	}
+	return fname;
 }
 
 static void pgresult_init_fnames(VALUE self)
@@ -266,12 +447,9 @@ static void pgresult_init_fnames(VALUE self)
 		int nfields = PQnfields(this->pgresult);
 
 		for( i=0; i<nfields; i++ ){
-			VALUE fname = rb_tainted_str_new2(PQfname(this->pgresult, i));
-			PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(fname, ENCODING_GET(self));
-			this->fnames[i] = rb_obj_freeze(fname);
+			char *cfname = PQfname(this->pgresult, i);
+			this->fnames[i] = pg_cstr_to_sym(cfname, this->flags, this->enc_idx);
 			this->nfields = i + 1;
-
-			RB_GC_GUARD(fname);
 		}
 		this->nfields = nfields;
 	}
@@ -283,12 +461,15 @@ static void pgresult_init_fnames(VALUE self)
  *
  * 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.
+ * All result rows and columns are stored in a memory block attached to the PG::Result object.
+ * Whenever a value is accessed it is casted to a Ruby object by the assigned #type_map .
+ *
+ * Since pg-1.1 the amount of memory in use by a PG::Result object is estimated and passed to ruby's garbage collector.
+ * You can invoke the #clear method to force deallocation of memory of the instance when finished with the result for better memory performance.
  *
  * Example:
  *    require 'pg'
- *    conn = PGconn.open(:dbname => 'test')
+ *    conn = PG.connect(:dbname => 'test')
  *    res  = conn.exec('SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS b, NULL AS c')
  *    res.getvalue(0,0) # '1'
  *    res[0]['b']       # '2'
@@ -302,7 +483,7 @@ static void pgresult_init_fnames(VALUE self)
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
- *    res.result_status() -> Fixnum
+ *    res.result_status() -> Integer
  *
  * Returns the status of the query. The status value is one of:
  * * +PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY+
@@ -331,8 +512,9 @@ pgresult_result_status(VALUE self)
 static VALUE
 pgresult_res_status(VALUE self, VALUE status)
 {
-	VALUE ret = rb_tainted_str_new2(PQresStatus(NUM2INT(status)));
-	PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(ret, ENCODING_GET(self));
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this_safe(self);
+	VALUE ret = rb_str_new2(PQresStatus(NUM2INT(status)));
+	PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(ret, this->enc_idx);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -345,10 +527,39 @@ pgresult_res_status(VALUE self, VALUE status)
 static VALUE
 pgresult_error_message(VALUE self)
 {
-	VALUE ret = rb_tainted_str_new2(PQresultErrorMessage(pgresult_get(self)));
-	PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(ret, ENCODING_GET(self));
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this_safe(self);
+	VALUE ret = rb_str_new2(PQresultErrorMessage(this->pgresult));
+	PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(ret, this->enc_idx);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PQRESULTVERBOSEERRORMESSAGE
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *    res.verbose_error_message( verbosity, show_context ) -> String
+ *
+ * Returns a reformatted version of the error message associated with a PGresult object.
+ *
+ * Available since PostgreSQL-9.6
+ */
+static VALUE
+pgresult_verbose_error_message(VALUE self, VALUE verbosity, VALUE show_context)
+{
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this_safe(self);
+	VALUE ret;
+	char *c_str;
+
+	c_str = PQresultVerboseErrorMessage(this->pgresult, NUM2INT(verbosity), NUM2INT(show_context));
+	if(!c_str)
+		rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "insufficient memory to format error message");
+
+	ret = rb_str_new2(c_str);
+	PQfreemem(c_str);
+	PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(ret, this->enc_idx);
+
 	return ret;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
@@ -399,14 +610,14 @@ pgresult_error_message(VALUE self)
 static VALUE
 pgresult_error_field(VALUE self, VALUE field)
 {
-	PGresult *result = pgresult_get( self );
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this_safe(self);
 	int fieldcode = NUM2INT( field );
-	char * fieldstr = PQresultErrorField( result, fieldcode );
+	char * fieldstr = PQresultErrorField( this->pgresult, fieldcode );
 	VALUE ret = Qnil;
 
 	if ( fieldstr ) {
-		ret = rb_tainted_str_new2( fieldstr );
-		PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK( ret, ENCODING_GET(self ));
+		ret = rb_str_new2( fieldstr );
+		PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK( ret, this->enc_idx );
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -414,7 +625,7 @@ pgresult_error_field(VALUE self, VALUE field)
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
- *    res.ntuples() -> Fixnum
+ *    res.ntuples() -> Integer
  *
  * Returns the number of tuples in the query result.
  */
@@ -427,7 +638,7 @@ pgresult_ntuples(VALUE self)
 static VALUE
 pgresult_ntuples_for_enum(VALUE self, VALUE args, VALUE eobj)
 {
-    return pgresult_ntuples(self);
+	return pgresult_ntuples(self);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -444,29 +655,30 @@ pgresult_nfields(VALUE self)
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
- *    res.fname( index ) -> String
+ *    res.fname( index ) -> String or Symbol
  *
  * Returns the name of the column corresponding to _index_.
+ * Depending on #field_name_type= it's a String or Symbol.
+ *
  */
 static VALUE
 pgresult_fname(VALUE self, VALUE index)
 {
-	VALUE fname;
-	PGresult *result = pgresult_get(self);
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this_safe(self);
 	int i = NUM2INT(index);
+	char *cfname;
 
-	if (i < 0 || i >= PQnfields(result)) {
+	if (i < 0 || i >= PQnfields(this->pgresult)) {
 		rb_raise(rb_eArgError,"invalid field number %d", i);
 	}
 
-	fname = rb_tainted_str_new2(PQfname(result, i));
-	PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(fname, ENCODING_GET(self));
-	return rb_obj_freeze(fname);
+	cfname = PQfname(this->pgresult, i);
+	return pg_cstr_to_sym(cfname, this->flags, this->enc_idx);
 }
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
- *    res.fnumber( name ) -> Fixnum
+ *    res.fnumber( name ) -> Integer
  *
  * Returns the index of the field specified by the string +name+.
  * The given +name+ is treated like an identifier in an SQL command, that is,
@@ -527,7 +739,7 @@ pgresult_ftable(VALUE self, VALUE column_number)
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
- *    res.ftablecol( column_number ) -> Fixnum
+ *    res.ftablecol( column_number ) -> Integer
  *
  * Returns the column number (within its table) of the table from
  * which the column _column_number_ is made up.
@@ -552,7 +764,7 @@ pgresult_ftablecol(VALUE self, VALUE column_number)
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
- *    res.fformat( column_number ) -> Fixnum
+ *    res.fformat( column_number ) -> Integer
  *
  * Returns the format (0 for text, 1 for binary) of column
  * _column_number_.
@@ -696,7 +908,7 @@ pgresult_getisnull(VALUE self, VALUE tup_num, VALUE field_num)
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
- *    res.getlength( tup_num, field_num ) -> Fixnum
+ *    res.getlength( tup_num, field_num ) -> Integer
  *
  * Returns the (String) length of the field in bytes.
  *
@@ -721,7 +933,7 @@ pgresult_getlength(VALUE self, VALUE tup_num, VALUE field_num)
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
- *    res.nparams() -> Fixnum
+ *    res.nparams() -> Integer
  *
  * Returns the number of parameters of a prepared statement.
  * Only useful for the result returned by conn.describePrepared
@@ -760,8 +972,9 @@ pgresult_paramtype(VALUE self, VALUE param_number)
 static VALUE
 pgresult_cmd_status(VALUE self)
 {
-	VALUE ret = rb_tainted_str_new2(PQcmdStatus(pgresult_get(self)));
-	PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(ret, ENCODING_GET(self));
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this_safe(self);
+	VALUE ret = rb_str_new2(PQcmdStatus(this->pgresult));
+	PG_ENCODING_SET_NOCHECK(ret, this->enc_idx);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -772,11 +985,17 @@ pgresult_cmd_status(VALUE self)
  * Returns the number of tuples (rows) affected by the SQL command.
  *
  * If the SQL command that generated the PG::Result was not one of:
- * * +INSERT+
- * * +UPDATE+
- * * +DELETE+
- * * +MOVE+
- * * +FETCH+
+ *
+ * * <tt>SELECT</tt>
+ * * <tt>CREATE TABLE AS</tt>
+ * * <tt>INSERT</tt>
+ * * <tt>UPDATE</tt>
+ * * <tt>DELETE</tt>
+ * * <tt>MOVE</tt>
+ * * <tt>FETCH</tt>
+ * * <tt>COPY</tt>
+ * * an +EXECUTE+ of a prepared query that contains an +INSERT+, +UPDATE+, or +DELETE+ statement
+ *
  * or if no tuples were affected, <tt>0</tt> is returned.
  */
 static VALUE
@@ -955,8 +1174,12 @@ static VALUE
 pgresult_field_values( VALUE self, VALUE field )
 {
 	PGresult *result = pgresult_get( self );
-	const char *fieldname = StringValueCStr( field );
-	int fnum = PQfnumber( result, fieldname );
+	const char *fieldname;
+	int fnum;
+
+	if( RB_TYPE_P(field, T_SYMBOL) ) field = rb_sym_to_s( field );
+	fieldname = StringValueCStr( field );
+	fnum = PQfnumber( result, fieldname );
 
 	if ( fnum < 0 )
 		rb_raise( rb_eIndexError, "no such field '%s' in result", fieldname );
@@ -965,6 +1188,85 @@ pgresult_field_values( VALUE self, VALUE field )
 }
 
 
+/*
+ *  call-seq:
+ *     res.tuple_values( n )   -> array
+ *
+ *  Returns an Array of the field values from the nth row of the result.
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE
+pgresult_tuple_values(VALUE self, VALUE index)
+{
+	int tuple_num = NUM2INT( index );
+	t_pg_result *this;
+	int field;
+	int num_tuples;
+	int num_fields;
+
+	this = pgresult_get_this_safe(self);
+	num_tuples = PQntuples(this->pgresult);
+	num_fields = PQnfields(this->pgresult);
+
+	if ( tuple_num < 0 || tuple_num >= num_tuples )
+		rb_raise( rb_eIndexError, "Index %d is out of range", tuple_num );
+
+	{
+		PG_VARIABLE_LENGTH_ARRAY(VALUE, row_values, num_fields, PG_MAX_COLUMNS)
+
+		/* populate the row */
+		for ( field = 0; field < num_fields; field++ ) {
+			row_values[field] = this->p_typemap->funcs.typecast_result_value(this->p_typemap, self, tuple_num, field);
+		}
+		return rb_ary_new4( num_fields, row_values );
+	}
+}
+
+static void ensure_init_for_tuple(VALUE self)
+{
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this_safe(self);
+
+	if( this->field_map == Qnil ){
+		int i;
+		VALUE field_map = rb_hash_new();
+
+		if( this->nfields == -1 )
+			pgresult_init_fnames( self );
+
+		for( i = 0; i < this->nfields; i++ ){
+			rb_hash_aset(field_map, this->fnames[i], INT2FIX(i));
+		}
+		rb_obj_freeze(field_map);
+		this->field_map = field_map;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ *  call-seq:
+ *     res.tuple( n )   -> PG::Tuple
+ *
+ *  Returns a PG::Tuple from the nth row of the result.
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE
+pgresult_tuple(VALUE self, VALUE index)
+{
+	int tuple_num = NUM2INT( index );
+	t_pg_result *this;
+	int num_tuples;
+
+	this = pgresult_get_this_safe(self);
+	num_tuples = PQntuples(this->pgresult);
+
+	if ( tuple_num < 0 || tuple_num >= num_tuples )
+		rb_raise( rb_eIndexError, "Index %d is out of range", tuple_num );
+
+	ensure_init_for_tuple(self);
+
+  return pg_tuple_new(self, tuple_num);
+}
+
+
 /*
  * call-seq:
  *    res.each{ |tuple| ... }
@@ -991,7 +1293,7 @@ pgresult_each(VALUE self)
  * call-seq:
  *    res.fields() -> Array
  *
- * Returns an array of Strings representing the names of the fields in the result.
+ * Depending on #field_name_type= returns an array of strings or symbols representing the names of the fields in the result.
  */
 static VALUE
 pgresult_fields(VALUE self)
@@ -1050,40 +1352,63 @@ pgresult_type_map_get(VALUE self)
 	return this->typemap;
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PQSETSINGLEROWMODE
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *    res.stream_each{ |tuple| ... }
- *
- * Invokes block for each tuple in the result set in single row mode.
- *
- * This is a convenience method for retrieving all result tuples
- * as they are transferred. It is an alternative to repeated calls of
- * PG::Connection#get_result , but given that it avoids the overhead of
- * wrapping each row into a dedicated result object, it delivers data in nearly
- * the same speed as with ordinary results.
- *
- * The result must be in status PGRES_SINGLE_TUPLE.
- * It iterates over all tuples until the status changes to PGRES_TUPLES_OK.
- * A PG::Error is raised for any errors from the server.
- *
- * Row description data does not change while the iteration. All value retrieval
- * methods refer to only the current row. Result#ntuples returns +1+ while
- * the iteration and +0+ after all tuples were yielded.
- *
- * Example:
- *   conn.send_query( "first SQL query; second SQL query" )
- *   conn.set_single_row_mode
- *   conn.get_result.stream_each do |row|
- *     # do something with the received row of the first query
- *   end
- *   conn.get_result.stream_each do |row|
- *     # do something with the received row of the second query
- *   end
- *   conn.get_result  # => nil   (no more results)
- */
+
+static void
+yield_hash(VALUE self, int ntuples, int nfields)
+{
+	int tuple_num;
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this(self);
+	UNUSED(nfields);
+
+	for(tuple_num = 0; tuple_num < ntuples; tuple_num++) {
+		rb_yield(pgresult_aref(self, INT2NUM(tuple_num)));
+	}
+
+	pgresult_clear( this );
+}
+
+static void
+yield_array(VALUE self, int ntuples, int nfields)
+{
+	int row;
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this(self);
+
+	for ( row = 0; row < ntuples; row++ ) {
+		PG_VARIABLE_LENGTH_ARRAY(VALUE, row_values, nfields, PG_MAX_COLUMNS)
+		int field;
+
+		/* populate the row */
+		for ( field = 0; field < nfields; field++ ) {
+			row_values[field] = this->p_typemap->funcs.typecast_result_value(this->p_typemap, self, row, field);
+		}
+		rb_yield( rb_ary_new4( nfields, row_values ));
+	}
+
+	pgresult_clear( this );
+}
+
+static void
+yield_tuple(VALUE self, int ntuples, int nfields)
+{
+	int tuple_num;
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this(self);
+	VALUE copy;
+	UNUSED(nfields);
+
+	/* make a copy of the base result, that is bound to the PG::Tuple */
+	copy = pg_copy_result(this);
+	/* The copy is now owner of the PGresult and is responsible to PQclear it.
+	 * We clear the pgresult here, so that it's not double freed on error within yield. */
+	this->pgresult = NULL;
+
+	for(tuple_num = 0; tuple_num < ntuples; tuple_num++) {
+		VALUE tuple = pgresult_tuple(copy, INT2FIX(tuple_num));
+		rb_yield( tuple );
+	}
+}
+
 static VALUE
-pgresult_stream_each(VALUE self)
+pgresult_stream_any(VALUE self, void (*yielder)(VALUE, int, int))
 {
 	t_pg_result *this;
 	int nfields;
@@ -1098,7 +1423,6 @@ pgresult_stream_each(VALUE self)
 	nfields = PQnfields(pgresult);
 
 	for(;;){
-		int tuple_num;
 		int ntuples = PQntuples(pgresult);
 
 		switch( PQresultStatus(pgresult) ){
@@ -1112,14 +1436,7 @@ pgresult_stream_each(VALUE self)
 				pg_result_check( self );
 		}
 
-		for(tuple_num = 0; tuple_num < ntuples; tuple_num++) {
-			rb_yield(pgresult_aref(self, INT2NUM(tuple_num)));
-		}
-
-		if( !this->autoclear ){
-			PQclear( pgresult );
-			this->pgresult = NULL;
-		}
+		yielder( self, ntuples, nfields );
 
 		pgresult = gvl_PQgetResult(pgconn);
 		if( pgresult == NULL )
@@ -1135,6 +1452,44 @@ pgresult_stream_each(VALUE self)
 	return self;
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *    res.stream_each{ |tuple| ... }
+ *
+ * Invokes block for each tuple in the result set in single row mode.
+ *
+ * This is a convenience method for retrieving all result tuples
+ * as they are transferred. It is an alternative to repeated calls of
+ * PG::Connection#get_result , but given that it avoids the overhead of
+ * wrapping each row into a dedicated result object, it delivers data in nearly
+ * the same speed as with ordinary results.
+ *
+ * The base result must be in status PGRES_SINGLE_TUPLE.
+ * It iterates over all tuples until the status changes to PGRES_TUPLES_OK.
+ * A PG::Error is raised for any errors from the server.
+ *
+ * Row description data does not change while the iteration. All value retrieval
+ * methods refer to only the current row. Result#ntuples returns +1+ while
+ * the iteration and +0+ after all tuples were yielded.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *   conn.send_query( "first SQL query; second SQL query" )
+ *   conn.set_single_row_mode
+ *   conn.get_result.stream_each do |row|
+ *     # do something with each received row of the first query
+ *   end
+ *   conn.get_result.stream_each do |row|
+ *     # do something with each received row of the second query
+ *   end
+ *   conn.get_result  # => nil   (no more results)
+ */
+static VALUE
+pgresult_stream_each(VALUE self)
+{
+	return pgresult_stream_any(self, yield_hash);
+}
+
 /*
  * call-seq:
  *    res.stream_each_row { |row| ... }
@@ -1148,70 +1503,91 @@ pgresult_stream_each(VALUE self)
 static VALUE
 pgresult_stream_each_row(VALUE self)
 {
-	t_pg_result *this;
-	int row;
-	int nfields;
-	PGconn *pgconn;
-	PGresult *pgresult;
-
-	RETURN_ENUMERATOR(self, 0, NULL);
-
-	this = pgresult_get_this_safe(self);
-	pgconn = pg_get_pgconn(this->connection);
-	pgresult = this->pgresult;
-	nfields = PQnfields(pgresult);
-
-	for(;;){
-		int ntuples = PQntuples(pgresult);
-
-		switch( PQresultStatus(pgresult) ){
-			case PGRES_TUPLES_OK:
-				if( ntuples == 0 )
-					return self;
-				rb_raise( rb_eInvalidResultStatus, "PG::Result is not in single row mode");
-			case PGRES_SINGLE_TUPLE:
-				break;
-			default:
-				pg_result_check( self );
-		}
+	return pgresult_stream_any(self, yield_array);
+}
 
-		for ( row = 0; row < ntuples; row++ ) {
-			PG_VARIABLE_LENGTH_ARRAY(VALUE, row_values, nfields, PG_MAX_COLUMNS)
-			int field;
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *    res.stream_each_tuple { |tuple| ... }
+ *
+ * Yields each row of the result set in single row mode.
+ *
+ * This method works equally to #stream_each , but yields a PG::Tuple object.
+ */
+static VALUE
+pgresult_stream_each_tuple(VALUE self)
+{
+	/* allocate VALUEs that are shared between all streamed tuples */
+	ensure_init_for_tuple(self);
 
-			/* populate the row */
-			for ( field = 0; field < nfields; field++ ) {
-				row_values[field] = this->p_typemap->funcs.typecast_result_value(this->p_typemap, self, row, field);
-			}
-			rb_yield( rb_ary_new4( nfields, row_values ));
-		}
+	return pgresult_stream_any(self, yield_tuple);
+}
 
-		if( !this->autoclear ){
-			PQclear( pgresult );
-			this->pgresult = NULL;
-		}
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *    res.field_name_type = Symbol
+ *
+ * Set type of field names specific to this result.
+ * It can be set to one of:
+ * * +:string+ to use String based field names
+ * * +:symbol+ to use Symbol based field names
+ * * +:static_symbol+ to use pinned Symbol (can not be garbage collected) - Don't use this, it will probably removed in future.
+ *
+ * The default is retrieved from PG::Connection#field_name_type , which defaults to +:string+ .
+ *
+ * This setting affects several result methods:
+ * * keys of Hash returned by #[] , #each and #stream_each
+ * * #fields
+ * * #fname
+ * * field names used by #tuple and #stream_each_tuple
+ *
+ * The type of field names can only be changed before any of the affected methods have been called.
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE
+pgresult_field_name_type_set(VALUE self, VALUE sym)
+{
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this(self);
+	if( this->nfields != -1 ) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "field names are already materialized");
 
-		pgresult = gvl_PQgetResult(pgconn);
-		if( pgresult == NULL )
-			rb_raise( rb_eNoResultError, "no result received - possibly an intersection with another result retrieval");
+	this->flags &= ~PG_RESULT_FIELD_NAMES_MASK;
+	if( sym == sym_symbol ) this->flags |= PG_RESULT_FIELD_NAMES_SYMBOL;
+	else if ( sym == sym_static_symbol ) this->flags |= PG_RESULT_FIELD_NAMES_STATIC_SYMBOL;
+	else if ( sym == sym_string );
+	else rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "invalid argument %+"PRIsVALUE, sym);
 
-		if( nfields != PQnfields(pgresult) )
-			rb_raise( rb_eInvalidChangeOfResultFields, "number of fields must not change in single row mode");
+	return sym;
+}
 
-		this->pgresult = pgresult;
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *    res.field_name_type -> Symbol
+ *
+ * Get type of field names.
+ *
+ * See description at #field_name_type=
+ */
+static VALUE
+pgresult_field_name_type_get(VALUE self)
+{
+	t_pg_result *this = pgresult_get_this(self);
+	if( this->flags & PG_RESULT_FIELD_NAMES_SYMBOL ){
+		return sym_symbol;
+	} else if( this->flags & PG_RESULT_FIELD_NAMES_STATIC_SYMBOL ){
+		return sym_static_symbol;
+	} else {
+		return sym_string;
 	}
-
-	/* never reached */
-	return self;
 }
-#endif
-
 
 void
 init_pg_result()
 {
-	rb_cPGresult = rb_define_class_under( rb_mPG, "Result", rb_cObject );
-	rb_define_alloc_func( rb_cPGresult, pgresult_s_allocate );
+	sym_string = ID2SYM(rb_intern("string"));
+	sym_symbol = ID2SYM(rb_intern("symbol"));
+	sym_static_symbol = ID2SYM(rb_intern("static_symbol"));
+
+	rb_cPGresult = rb_define_class_under( rb_mPG, "Result", rb_cData );
 	rb_include_module(rb_cPGresult, rb_mEnumerable);
 	rb_include_module(rb_cPGresult, rb_mPGconstants);
 
@@ -1220,6 +1596,10 @@ init_pg_result()
 	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");
+#ifdef HAVE_PQRESULTVERBOSEERRORMESSAGE
+	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "verbose_error_message", pgresult_verbose_error_message, 2);
+	rb_define_alias( rb_cPGresult, "result_verbose_error_message", "verbose_error_message");
+#endif
 	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", pg_result_clear, 0);
@@ -1255,17 +1635,19 @@ init_pg_result()
 	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);
+	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "tuple_values", pgresult_tuple_values, 1);
+	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "tuple", pgresult_tuple, 1);
 	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "cleared?", pgresult_cleared_p, 0);
 	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "autoclear?", pgresult_autoclear_p, 0);
 
 	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "type_map=", pgresult_type_map_set, 1);
 	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "type_map", pgresult_type_map_get, 0);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PQSETSINGLEROWMODE
 	/******     PG::Result INSTANCE METHODS: streaming     ******/
 	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "stream_each", pgresult_stream_each, 0);
 	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "stream_each_row", pgresult_stream_each_row, 0);
-#endif
-}
-
+	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "stream_each_tuple", pgresult_stream_each_tuple, 0);
 
+	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "field_name_type=", pgresult_field_name_type_set, 1 );
+	rb_define_method(rb_cPGresult, "field_name_type", pgresult_field_name_type_get, 0 );
+}