Re: postgres dies while doing vacuum analyze

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: teg(at)redhat(dot)com (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=)
Cc: Manuel Sugawara <masm(at)fciencias(dot)unam(dot)mx>, PostgreSQL Hacker <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: postgres dies while doing vacuum analyze
Date: 2001-06-16 15:46:58
Message-ID: 27896.992706418@sss.pgh.pa.us
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teg(at)redhat(dot)com (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
> Will do... what is the expected result of the testcase?

Given a sufficiently large discrepancy between the string lengths,
a core dump is the likely result. Try increasing the "16k" numbers
if it doesn't crash for you.

Good work, Manuel! I'm surprised this hasn't been found before, because
you'd think it'd be biting lots of people ...

regards, tom lane

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