Re: [SQL] Addendum: PG6.5.3: CASE w. diff THEN types -- prob with Linux(?)

"Emils Klotins" wrote:
>The same statement on RedHat 5.2 Linux machine breaks the
>backend:
>
>[ PostgreSQL 6.5.3 on i586-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc
>2.7.2.3 ]
>=> select case when 3=1 then 'rrr'::text when 3=2 else 5 end;
>NOTICE: Message from PostgreSQL backend:
>The Postmaster has informed me that some other backend died abnormally and p
>ossibly corrupted shared memory.

This works OK on current Debian GNU/Linux, unstable distribution. Perhaps
you need to use the Red Hat 6.1.

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