Re: table schema causes crash

Let me ask --- if you execute \a, then \d in psql, does it display OK?
How about \x and then \d?

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tom(at)minnesota(dot)com wrote:
> [...]
> > Hmm. Evidently a null (or invalid) pointer is getting passed to
> > strlen(), but it's hard to say more without a symbolic backtrace
> > --- for which you'll need to recompile psql with debug symbols.
> [...]
>
> I recompiled psql with debug.
>
> ---
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x160275d84 in strlen () from /usr/lib/libc.so.12
> (gdb) bt
> #0 0x160275d84 in strlen () from /usr/lib/libc.so.12
> #1 0x120010a10 in print_aligned_text (
> title=0x120036580 "Table \"imap_passwd\"", headers=0x1fffff510,
> cells=0x120036100, footers=0x12003a460, opt_align=0x120020d16 "llll",
> opt_barebones=0 '\000', opt_border=1, fout=0x160293568) at print.c:280
> #2 0x120012ea8 in printTable (title=0x120036580 "Table \"imap_passwd\"",
> headers=0x1fffff510, cells=0x120036100, footers=0x12003a460,
> align=0x120020d16 "llll", opt=0x1fffff4e8, fout=0x160293568)
> at print.c:1123
> #3 0x120015a94 in describeTableDetails (name=0x120020cc4 "Primary key",
> desc=0 '\000') at describe.c:914
> #4 0x1200041f0 in exec_command (cmd=0x12003a430 "d",
> options_string=0x12003a432 "imap_passwd", continue_parse=0x1fffff6e0,
> query_buf=0x1200389e0) at command.c:347
> #5 0x120003a50 in HandleSlashCmds (line=0x12003a3b1 "d imap_passwd",
> query_buf=0x1200389e0, end_of_cmd=0x1fffff750) at command.c:135
> #6 0x12000bb8c in MainLoop (source=0x1602934d0) at mainloop.c:467
> #7 0x12000d974 in main (argc=1613313248, argv=0x12001ea33) at startup.c:305
> (gdb)
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