Re: Fix for psql core dumping on bad user

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "D(dot) Hageman" <dhageman(at)dracken(dot)com>, <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Fix for psql core dumping on bad user
Date: 2001-04-18 16:48:31
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0104181833040.762-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tom Lane writes:

> $ cat zscript
> \connect - testuser
> $ psql -f zscript regression
> psql:zscript:1: \connect: FATAL 1: user "testuser" does not exist
> $
>
> Nonetheless, the comment at the top of do_connect() says that it
> *should* terminate the program under these circumstances, so I'm not
> sure why it doesn't. Peter?

The comment is not correct. Failure in do_connect() in non-interactive
mode terminates the script. In the case of -f the program terminates
implicitly, but in case of \i you would return to the prompt (or the
containing \i).

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter

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