Re: [HACKERS] Divide by zero error on SPARC/Linux.

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: emkxp01(at)mtcc(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk
Cc: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Divide by zero error on SPARC/Linux.
Date: 1998-06-23 04:16:52
Message-ID: 199806230416.AAA03437@candle.pha.pa.us
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>
> Bruce,
>
> That's what I would have half expected too but am I actually using
> any floating point arithmetic?
>
> The function called is int4div() which simply does a, return (arg1/arg2),
> so I would have expected integer arithmetic.
>
> If I cast to float I get:-
>
> postgres=> select 1::float8/0::float8;
> ERROR: float8div: divide by zero error
> postgres=>

I recommend you put debugs around where it is crashing, and the
reproduce it in a C program, with the same signal() call to catch it,
and see if it works.

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