Re: 7.5 backend crash

From: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 7.5 backend crash
Date: 2004-07-26 20:47:28
Message-ID: 87smbev6lb.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers


Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com> writes:

> kalman=# insert into test values (1 ,(2,(3,(4,(5,(6, null))))));
> INSERT 33639 1
> kalman=# select * from test;
> ~ a | b
> ---+----------------------------------------------------
> ~ 1 | (2,"(3,""(4,""""(5,""""""""(6,)"""""""")"""")"")")
> (1 row)

Omg.....

This is pretty cool and frankly amazing that it works.

But I don't really think it's tenable is it? What happens when you try to
pg_dump this? I expect other tools will have trouble dealing with this as
well.

--
greg

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Simon Riggs 2004-07-26 20:56:28 Re: CVS web interface error
Previous Message Brian Hirt 2004-07-26 18:26:16 WARNING: buffer refcount leak