Re: Bug in PL/pgSQL FOR cursor variant

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Bug in PL/pgSQL FOR cursor variant
Date: 2010-06-21 14:08:47
Message-ID: 11897.1277129327@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> The problem is that exec_stmt_forc keeps using a pointer to the Portal,
> which becomes invalid if the cursor is closed in the middle. Patch
> attached, will apply..

Does that really fix anything? I suspect you need to pstrdup() the
portalname. Also, isn't exec_for_query() at just as much risk?
The latter's problem would only be exposed if the cursor was closed
at a batch boundary, but it's still a problem.

I wonder whether we ought to try to make it an error to close a portal
that's still in use.

regards, tom lane

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