Re: [HACKERS] Segmentation fault with lo_export

> > Hi Bruce,
> >
> > it looks like the last time I tested lo_export it worked
> > just by chance.
> >
> > The bug seems to be in interfaces/libpq/fe-lobj.c line 424.
> > The two functions lo_import and lo_export are somehow
> > similar when exchanging the read/write for Unix file
> > and inv file. But whereas read() reads exactly BUFSIZ
> > bytes, lo_read() appends a '\0' after having read
> > BUFSIZ bytes. So line 424 should be:
> >
> > char buf[LO_BUFSIZE+1];
> >
> > instead of:
> >
> > char buf[LO_BUFSIZE];
> >
> > Could you please apply this bug-fix ?
> > Also the code example in the man page for
> > large-objects needs to be corrected.
> >
> > I can't do it by myself because I am on
> > vacation on a Greek island, and the only
> > message I'm seeing frequently is
> > 'modem hangup, no CARRIER' ...
>
> I am going to fix lo_read(). I see no reason not to have it function
> like read().

OK. It was actually libpq that was placing the NULL, through PQfn() and
pqGetnchar(). Shouldn't have.

Fixed now.

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