Re: pg_dump: fix crash on error

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_dump: fix crash on error
Date: 2005-07-27 05:07:27
Message-ID: 21979.1122440847@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> [ scratches head... ] Did this code change recently? It's a tad hard
>> to believe that such a thing could have gone unnoticed for long.

> Seems the problem was introduced here:
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_db.c.diff?r1=1.58;r2=1.59

Oh dear, that makes it my fault :-(

> (I could just revert the code to using PQdb(), but I don't think there's
> a need to mention the database in the error message ourselves --
> PQerrorMessage() should include that information if appropriate.)

I'd go with reverting it to using PQdb, myself. Looks like I got bit by
the perennial mantra: premature optimization is the root of all evil.

regards, tom lane

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