Re: beta6 pg_restore core dumps

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, Martin Renters <martin(at)datafax(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: beta6 pg_restore core dumps
Date: 2001-03-18 02:08:54
Message-ID: 22298.984881334@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
>> Considering that the data we are working with is binary, and may contain
>> nulls, any code that insisted on null-termination would probably be ipso
>> facto broken.

> But we're not; this is the same code that sends the COPY output back to PG.

Oh, isn't this the code that pushes large-object bodies around? I
should think the problem would've been noticed much sooner if not...

regards, tom lane

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