RE: [HACKERS] min() and max() causing aborts

I just did another cvs update and nothing was updated. So, I have already
applied this patch, the path has not been committed in to cvs, or the patch
did not do it for me :-).

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Momjian [SMTP:maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 1999 6:17 PM
To: Michael Davis
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] min() and max() causing aborts

Fixed this morning at 8am EST.

> I recompiled everything several time, did an initdb each time,
reloaded my
> database, and did a vacuum. No I did not see anything in the
postmaster log
> file.
>
> I updated my cvs tree this morning. And rebuild everything
again. I
> deleted my data directory and in initdb followed by:
>
> createdb mp
> psql -e < mp.out -- dump from 6.4.2
> Connection to database 'postgres' failed.
> FATAL 1: Database postgres does not exist in pg_database
>
> I cant even load data with the lastest set of changes. There are
no
> messages in the postgres .log file or .err files.
>
> There are still failures in the regression tests:
>
> boolean .. ok
> char .. ok
> name .. ok
> varchar .. ok
> text .. ok
> strings .. ok
> int2 .. failed
> int4 .. failed
> int8 .. ok
> oid .. ok
> float4 .. ok
> float8 .. failed
> numerology .. ok
> point .. ok
> lseg .. ok
> box .. ok
> path .. ok
> polygon .. ok
> circle .. ok
> geometry .. failed
> timespan .. ok
> datetime .. ok
> reltime .. ok
> abstime .. ok
> tinterval .. ok
> horology .. ok
> inet .. ok
> comments .. ok
> opr_sanity .. ok
> create_function_1 .. ok
> create_type .. ok
> create_table .. ok
> create_function_2 .. ok
> constraints .. ok
> triggers .. failed
> copy .. ok
> create_misc .. ok
> create_aggregate .. ok
> create_operator .. ok
> create_view .. ok
> create_index .. ok
> sanity_check .. ok
> errors .. ok
> select .. ok
> select_into .. ok
> select_distinct .. ok
> select_distinct_on .. ok
> select_implicit .. ok
> select_having .. failed
> subselect .. ok
> union .. ok
> case .. ok
> join .. ok
> aggregates .. failed
> transactions .. ok
> random .. ok
> portals .. ok
> misc .. failed
> arrays .. ok
> btree_index .. ok
> hash_index .. ok
> select_views .. ok
> alter_table .. ok
> portals_p2 .. ok
> rules .. ok
> limit .. ok
> install_plpgsql .. ok
> plpgsql .. ok
> temp .. ok
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Momjian [SMTP:maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 1999 5:41 AM
> To: Michael Davis
> Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] min() and max() causing aborts
>
> > I pulled the latest version of the source tree yesterday
and
> complied
> > PosgtreSQL 6.5. The get the following error on any select
> statement
> > containing min() and max():
> >
> > mp=> select max(addressid) from addresses;
> > pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
> > This probably means the backend terminated
abnormally
> before or
> > while processing the request.
> > We have lost the connection to the backend, so further
processing
> is
> > impossible. Terminating.
> >
> >
> > I am running Red Hat 5.1.
> >
> > FYI, I also noticed failures in the regressions tests for
int2 and
> int4 and
> > some others (int8 was okay). I did not dig very deep into
this
> but the only
> > error I could see with int2 and int4 occurred when the
value that
> was being
> > inserted into the table was too large for the field. For
example,
> inserting
> > 100000 into an int2 field.
> >
>
> I recommend a clean compile and initdb to see if that fixes
it. Do
> you
> see anything in the postmaster log file?
>
> --
> Bruce Momjian |
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>

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maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 853-3000
+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue
+ Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
19026