Re: BUG #2112: query kills db thread

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jim Dew" <jdew(at)yggdrasil(dot)ca>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #2112: query kills db thread
Date: 2005-12-14 16:32:08
Message-ID: 21066.1134577928@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jim Dew" <jdew(at)yggdrasil(dot)ca> writes:
> Stumbled upon a (broken) query that causes the 8.1.0 thread handling the
> query to die:
> select foo from (select null) as foo

Fixed in 8.0 and up. If you need the patch for 8.1, it's pretty simple:

Index: src/backend/executor/execQual.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/executor/execQual.c,v
retrieving revision 1.183.2.1
diff -c -r1.183.2.1 execQual.c
*** src/backend/executor/execQual.c 22 Nov 2005 18:23:08 -0000 1.183.2.1
--- src/backend/executor/execQual.c 14 Dec 2005 16:25:05 -0000
***************
*** 541,547 ****
Assert(variable->varno != OUTER);
slot = econtext->ecxt_scantuple;

! tuple = slot->tts_tuple;
tupleDesc = slot->tts_tupleDescriptor;

/*
--- 541,547 ----
Assert(variable->varno != OUTER);
slot = econtext->ecxt_scantuple;

! tuple = ExecFetchSlotTuple(slot);
tupleDesc = slot->tts_tupleDescriptor;

/*

Thanks for the report!

regards, tom lane

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