SPI_PALLOC(3) PostgreSQL 9.2.7 Documentation SPI_PALLOC(3)NAMESPI_palloc - allocate memory in the upper executor contextSYNOPSISvoid * SPI_palloc(Size size)DESCRIPTIONSPI_palloc allocates memory in the upper executor context.ARGUMENTSSize size size in bytes of storage to allocateRETURN VALUEpointer to new storage space of the specified size PostgreSQL 9.2.7 2014-02-17 SPI_PALLOC(3)