Re: BUG #3399: Compatibility issue of the bytea field type

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Bing Xia" <bxia(at)alpha(dot)ipswitch(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #3399: Compatibility issue of the bytea field type
Date: 2007-06-20 21:44:39
Message-ID: 2971.1182375879@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Bing Xia" <bxia(at)alpha(dot)ipswitch(dot)com> writes:
> We use PostgreSQL 8.1.x as our server backend DB. In one table, we store all
> the certificates. The data type for the certificates is bytea. Everything
> works fine. However, after we upgrade to PostgreSQL 8.2.4. as we use the
> exact same code to query the certificates, we only retrieve the part of the
> certificates. It seems that the resultant certificates are never bigger than
> 256 bytes.

> Since we have not changed anything in the data access layer except the
> PostgreSQL upgrade, we think it could be a defect in the latest PostgreSQL.

If you want anyone to take this seriously, you need to provide a test case.

regards, tom lane

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