Re: [HACKERS] Parser bug (?)

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk (Oliver Elphick)
Cc: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Parser bug (?)
Date: 1998-12-13 04:29:41
Message-ID: 199812130429.XAA14095@candle.pha.pa.us
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Is this fixed?

> Hi Tom,
>
> This looks like a parser bug in 6.4. I found it while trying to run
> pg_upgrade:
>
> bray=> create table junk ("singleton" "char");
> CREATE
> bray=> drop table junk;
> DROP
> bray=> create table junk ("singleton" "char" default 'M');
> ERROR: DEFAULT: const type mismatched
> bray=> create table junk ("singleton" char default 'M');
> CREATE
>
> pg_dump puts all type names in double quotes, which triggers this bug
> when pg_upgrade is run, with the result that the upgrade fails.
>
> [Machine is i686 Linux 2.1.125 with glibc 2.0.7u]
>
> --
> Oliver Elphick Oliver(dot)Elphick(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk
> Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver
> PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1
> ========================================
> "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them
> in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
> Holy Ghost; Teaching them to observe all things
> whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with
> you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
> Matthew 28:19,20
>
>
>
>

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