Re: Potential issue in ecpg-informix decimal converting functions

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: a(dot)imamov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Potential issue in ecpg-informix decimal converting functions
Date: 2024-03-25 13:43:59
Message-ID: 45F3E0EF-2651-4668-BCF4-C391DF2AD82D@yesql.se
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> On 6 Mar 2024, at 20:12, a(dot)imamov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru wrote:

> I agree with the proposed changes in favor of backward compatibility.

I went ahead to pushed this after another look. I'm a bit hesitant to
backpatch this since there are no reports against it, and I don't have good
sense for how ECPG code is tested and maintained across minor version upgrades.
If we want to I will of course do so, so please chime in in case there are
different and more informed opinions.

> Also, is it a big deal that the PGTYPESnumeric_to_long() function doesn't
> exactly match the documentation, compared to PGTYPESnumeric_to_int()? It
> handles underflow case separately and sets errno to PGTYPES_NUM_UNDERFLOW
> additionally.

Fixed as well.

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Daniel Gustafsson

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