Re: An INSERT can kill the PostgreSQL server

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Richi Plana <richip(at)mozcom(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: An INSERT can kill the PostgreSQL server
Date: 2000-05-28 17:25:28
Message-ID: 9656.959534728@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Richi Plana <richip(at)mozcom(dot)com> writes:
> create table devices (brand varchar(30), model varchar(30), serial
> varchar(30), ro_community varchar(50)[], rw_community varchar(50)[], primary
> key (brand, model, serial));
> create table routers (lo_address inet) inherits (devices);
> insert into routers values ('Cisco', '7206VXR', '72498595', '{"Butterflies",
> "Intehsoijfeijfjf"}', NULL, '10.2.3.4');

Hmm. Looks like there is some kind of unpleasant interaction between
the constant-expression simplifier and application of array-element
length constraints. Thanks for the report, I'll look into it today.

If you are in a *big* hurry, I expect declaring rw_community as
text[] would avoid the bug.

regards, tom lane

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