Re: Add error-checking to timestamp_recv

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Add error-checking to timestamp_recv
Date: 2004-05-20 00:58:43
Message-ID: 200405200058.i4K0wh602974@candle.pha.pa.us
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Would you show an example of the invalid value this is trying to avoid?

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Stephen Frost wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> The attached patch adds some error-checking to the timestamp_recv
> function so that it's not possible to put an invalid timestamp into a
> timestamp column (hopefully). The check is done in basically the
> exact same way the out-of-bounds check in timestamp2tm is done.
> There's probably an easier/cleaner way but this should work or at
> least generate discussion and a better patch. :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen

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