Re: GIST and TOAST

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: "Teodor Sigaev" <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>
Cc: <andrew(at)supernews(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: GIST and TOAST
Date: 2007-03-06 23:36:39
Message-ID: 878xea9c6w.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
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"Teodor Sigaev" <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru> writes:

>> It doesn't actually crash, it just fails CHECKARRVALID. I added an assertion
>> in there to cause it to generate a core dump.
>
> Wow, catch that, see attached patch.
>
> g_int_decompress doesn't returns detoasted array in case it was empty.
> Previously it was safe because empty array never has been toasted.

Ah, thanks a bunch.

> Should I commit it or you'll include in your patch?

I'll include it in the patch I guess since it's fine the way it is until the
patch hits.

Now I'll try running the regressions again with the gist datatypes like hstore
etc all packed as well.

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Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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