Re: BUG #19370: PG18 returns incorrect array slice results when slice bounds depend on another array expression

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, redraiment(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #19370: PG18 returns incorrect array slice results when slice bounds depend on another array expression
Date: 2026-01-06 18:35:23
Message-ID: 1606057.1767724523@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On 2026-01-06 11:40:01 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> We could either generalize EEOP_PARAM_SET to include an explicit
>> specification of the source value's address

> That's pretty trivial, see attached. I don't quite understand why I didn't go
> that way immediately...

Yeah, that looks about right.

> At the very least we need to create a simplified testcase for the bug at hand.

Yup, the sudoku example is fun but it seems inappropriate as a test
case.

>> or insert some kind of LOAD operation to copy the computed value into
>> state->resvalue/resnull. I don't see anything that looks like that today,
>> though.

> Hm, wouldn't that have exactly the same issues as we have today anyway?

Indeed ... -ENOCAFFEINE

regards, tom lane

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