Re: Bug in convert.c copy_and_convert_field

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-odbc-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-odbc-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Paul Cochrane
> Sent: 11 February 2005 18:06
> To: pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [ODBC] Bug in convert.c copy_and_convert_field
>
> I've found a quick fix to this problem. I've simply added a line:
>
> strncpy(ptr+len, "\0", 1);
>
> just before the mylog line on line 850 of convert.c. I believe this
> simply ensures that there is a NULL at the end of the string
> stored in
> ptr. There may be a more elegant way to do this but it seems to work.

I don't know if this fix is correct or not, but are you sure that ptr is
big enough to do this without clobbering something else?

Regards, Dave.