Re: attribute names & typecast/psql default port

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: attribute names & typecast/psql default port
Date: 2001-09-09 01:09:34
Message-ID: 200109090109.f8919Yn25194@candle.pha.pa.us
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So bug #1 patch should be applied, and not bug #2 part?

> Hi all,
>
> I found a few bugs this afternoon - Patch attached. Patch was generated
> from current source and tested with the regression tests.
>
> ...
>
> ============== shutting down postmaster ==============
>
> ======================
> All 77 tests passed.
> ======================
>
> ...
>
> ----
>
> Bug #1: attribute name when column is type cast:
>
> Given the following table:
>
> test=# \d f
> Table "f"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> --------+---------+-----------
> i | integer |
> test | text |
>
> If I do the following:
>
> test=# insert into f values(1,'test');
> INSERT 139549 1
> test=# select i::int8,test from f;
> ?column? | test
> ----------+------
> 1 | test
> (1 row)
>
> It doesn't make much sense that the first column should be called
> '?column?'.
>
> The patch results in the output appearing like this:
>
> test=# select i::int8,test from f;
> i | test
> ---+------
> 1 | test
> (1 row)
>
> ----------
>
> Bug #2
>
> Found this while testing the first patch. As it happens I only have one
> box handy and it was running PG already. I changed the default port to
> 9999. When I executed bin/psql (the freshly built psql) it connected to my
> production postmaster on port 5432.
>
> The patch sets the configured port to that defined in pg_config.h.
>
> Gavin

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