| From: | Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | "Sergey E(dot) Koposov" <math(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)ru> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Oleg Bartunov" <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su> |
| Subject: | Re: failed assertion in toasting code |
| Date: | 2008-02-20 12:47:16 |
| Message-ID: | 87d4qrx0a3.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com |
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"Sergey E. Koposov" <math(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)ru> writes:
> typedef struct
> {
> int4 length;
> unsigned char data[1];
> } image;
>
> image *im = (image *) palloc(VARHDRSZ + out_len);
> memset(im, 0, VARHDRSZ + out_len);
> im->length = out_len + VARHDRSZ;
Ah, that's not going to work in 8.3 any longer. You have to change this to:
SET_VARSIZE(im, out_len+VARHDRSZ)
And you have to access the length with VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR() (or a few other
macros but that's the most convenient).
Phew. You had me scared there.
--
Gregory Stark
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