Re: Error in chkpass.c (contrib area) with suggestion

Looks like 7.3beta has the null checking in the code. Thanks.

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Sedlak Anton wrote:
> Because author is not responding I'm writing to you.
> In contrib/chkpass.c there is no checking against NULL values on input,
> thus if you call eg. raw(NULL) then postgresql always dies.
> Although storing encrypted password are highly required this behavior
> makes this extension module unusable.
>
> To correct it one must add some checkin before any PG_GETARG_XXX in
> chkpass.c:
> Suggested type of code follows:
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> if(PG_ARGISNULL(0)) PG_RETURN_NULL();
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>
> Best regards and let me know if this is acceptable
>
> Sedlak Anton
>
>
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