Re: ecpg - GRANT bug

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Lee Kindness <lkindness(at)csl(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: ecpg - GRANT bug
Date: 2001-10-15 14:10:40
Message-ID: 13656.1003155040@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Lee Kindness <lkindness(at)csl(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> The existing code in ecpg/preproc/preproc.y to handle the WITH option
> simply throws an error and aborts the processing... The patch below
> prevents the segfault and also passes on the WITH option to the
> backend, probably a better fix.

I agree. It shouldn't be ecpg's business to throw errors on behalf of
the backend, especially not "not yet implemented" kinds of errors.
That just causes ecpg to be more tightly coupled to a particular backend
version than it needs to be.

regards, tom lane

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