This is fixed in 6.5 beta.
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> Your name : Chris Dunlop
> Your email address : chris@onthe.net.au
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> System Configuration
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> Architecture (example: Intel Pentium) : Intel-Pentium
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> Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : Linux 2.0.35
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> PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.4) : PostgreSQL-6.4.2, also snapshot-990320
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> Compiler used (example: gcc 2.8.0) : gcc 2.7.2.3
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> Attempting to delete from a table by inet, with rows containing NULL inet
> types results in a backend crash
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> Please describe a way to repeat the problem. Please try to provide a
> concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
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> create table blah ( ip_address inet );
> CREATE
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> insert into blah values('0.0.0.0');
> INSERT 18761 1
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> delete from blah where ip_address = '111.111.111.111';
> DELETE 0
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> insert into blah values(NULL);
> INSERT 18762 1
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> delete from blah where ip_address = '111.111.111.111';
> pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
> This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
> before or while processing the request.
> We have lost the connection to the backend, so further processing is impossible. Terminating.
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> If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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