Re: bug in pg.py and the fix

Patch applied. Thanks.

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Chih-Hao Huang wrote:
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> This is a bug in python interface module,
> postgresql-7.3.3/src/interfaces/python/pg.py.
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> _quote() function fails due to integer overflow if input d is larger
> than max integer.
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> In the case where the column type is "BIGINT", the input d may very well
> be larger than max integer while its type, t, is labeled 'int'.
> The conversion on line 19, return "%d" % int(d), will fail due to
> "OverflowError: long int too large to convert to int".
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> Just changing the conversion at line 19 of pg.py to long(d) instead of
> int(d) should fix it. The following is a patch:
>
> *** pg.py Fri Jun 13 15:15:57 2003
> --- pg.py.new Fri Jun 13 15:16:59 2003
> ***************
> *** 16,22 ****
>
> if t in ['int', 'seq']:
> if d == "": return "NULL"
> ! return "%d" % int(d)
>
> if t == 'decimal':
> if d == "": return "NULL"
> --- 16,22 ----
>
> if t in ['int', 'seq']:
> if d == "": return "NULL"
> ! return "%d" % long(d)
>
> if t == 'decimal':
> if d == "": return "NULL"
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