| From: | Erwin Brandstetter <brandstetter(at)falter(dot)at> | 
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| To: | pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org | 
| Subject: | Crashing v1.6.2 with a syntax error | 
| Date: | 2007-02-21 01:06:21 | 
| Message-ID: | 45DB9B0D.809@falter.at | 
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Hi developers! Hi Dave!
Testing pgAdmin III v1.6.2 rev: 5837, client Win XP, host Debian Sarge, 
PG 8.1.4. / Debian Etch, PG 8.2.1.
I have found a 'reliable' way to crash pgAdmin. Look at the following query:
     select * from loc where loc like 'a%' loc = 'b';
Note the syntax error: "and" is missing in the WHERE clause. If I run 
this from the SQL query dialogue window I get an error message with only 
the error code - but that has been reported before.
    FEHLER: Fehler »Syntaxfehler« bei »loc«
    SQL state: 42601
    Character: 1
However, if I open the edit grid with a filter and enter the faulty 
WHERE clause, pgAdmin crashes.
I have run tests with a variety of tables and operators in PG 8.1.4 and 
PG 8.2.1. Any of the following WHERE clauses triggers a crash.
    fld1 like 'a%' fld2 = 'b'
    fld1 = 'a%' fld2 = 'b'
    fld1 = 'a%' fld1 = '%a%'
    ...
The "essential" part ist the "%" at the end of the first string.
An observation I have made along the way:
Look at the error message I get from pgAdmin for the following WHERE clause:
    loc = '%a' loc = ''
Note that the % is in front this time (does not trigger a crash).
    An error has occurred:
    FEHLER: Fehler >>Syntaxfehler<< bei >>b<<
    Line 1: EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM loc WHERE loc = '0x1.1f9d8ap-997' loc = ''
                            ^
The string containing the character "%" is scrambled in a weird way. The 
caret in the next line points to a seemingly random position.
If I run it from psql, I get a similar error message. Only the string is 
not scrambled, and the caret is in a reasonable position.
    event=# select * from loc where loc = '%a' loc = '';
    FEHLER:  Fehler »Syntaxfehler« bei »loc« at character 36
    ZEILE 1: select * from loc where loc = '%a' loc = '';
                                                ^
I have tried to switch the "user language" in the pgAdmin options from 
English to German. To no effect.
It might have to do with locales. From my postgresql.conf:
    lc_messages = 'de_AT(dot)utf8(at)euro'
I have tried changing it to:
    lc_messages = 'C'
After that the error message was scrambled differently:
    loc = '%a' loc = ''
    An error has occurred:
    ERROR: syntax error at or near "loc"
    LINE 1: EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM loc WHERE loc = '0x1.518a0fp-1002' loc 
= ''
                                ^
But it crashes just as well.
    loc = 'a%' loc = ''
Regards
Erwin
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