| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Numeric 508 datatype |
| Date: | 2005-12-02 22:41:34 |
| Message-ID: | 200512022241.jB2MfYl03472@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> That would only affect a standalone backend, however, not normal
> >> operation.
>
> > Ah, psql itself is using the same buggy snprintf.c.
>
> Doh. OK, we gotta fix it then. But what are you going to do when you
> can't malloc enough memory? You can't ereport in a client environment,
> and there's no API for printf to report failure.
Yep, I am digging through snprintf.c now to try find a solution.
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