Re: Store data in pg_toast for custom type fails (bug?)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Honza <honzap(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Store data in pg_toast for custom type fails (bug?)
Date: 2014-05-01 19:32:32
Message-ID: 4475.1398972752@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I wrote:
> I believe I understand what's going on here, and it's not quite as
> exciting as it first appears. The issue is that we are failing to
> honor the "toasting goes only one level deep" rule in the specific
> case of arrays of composite type. So while it's definitely a nasty
> bug, it affects only narrow use cases, and doesn't call into question
> our whole vacuuming strategy or anything like that.

I've committed a fix for this. Thanks for the report!

regards, tom lane

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