| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: poorly written builtin functions |
| Date: | 2003-08-17 04:39:53 |
| Message-ID: | 200308170439.h7H4drK10110@candle.pha.pa.us |
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I assume this has been addressed?
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Neil Conway wrote:
> I'm working on writing a script that automatically tests all the
> built-in functions. As a first step, I just passed NULL for all
> of the arguments for each built-in function. I've attached a
> list of the 90 functions that crash the backend when this is done.
>
> Since the culprit functions all seem related (I believe they're
> all generated by src/backend/utils/mb/conversion_procs), I'd
> imagine this should be pretty easy to fix. I haven't played
> with this part of the backend before, so if someone else would
> like to make the necessary changes, let me know. Otherwise
> I'll do it.
>
> As for the testing script itself, it's not finished (testing
> NULL inputs is just a trivial first step); when it's done, I'll
> submit it for inclusion in CVS.
>
> -Neil
>
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