Re: mac typo prob?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Patrick Welche <prlw1(at)newn(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: mac typo prob?
Date: 2002-10-13 14:55:44
Message-ID: 28777.1034520944@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Patrick Welche <prlw1(at)newn(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk> writes:
> I just cut and pasted someone's mac address:
> patrimoine=# update ethernet set mac='00-00-39-AB-92-FO' where id=623;
> UPDATE 1
> patrimoine=# select mac from ethernet where id=623;
> mac
> -------------------
> 00:00:39:ab:92:0f
> (1 row)

> Note the typo "O" instead of "0". I can see how that happened - should it
> be "notify"ed against?

No, it should be an error IMHO. macaddr_in() is failing to check for
trailing junk, which is a standard problem for sscanf-based parsing...

regards, tom lane

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