Re: libpq++ update - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Tom Vijlbrief, Tom Lane added some of your patches to 7.0.  Do you have
anything new for 7.1?  I know you were still working on it when we
entered beta.


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> Your name               :       Tom Vijlbrief
> Your email address      :       tom.vijlbrief@knoware.nl
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> System Configuration
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>   Architecture (example: Intel Pentium)         : Intel PII
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>   Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF)  : Linux 2.3.51
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>   PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.5.3):   PostgreSQL-6.5.3
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>   Compiler used (example:  gcc 2.8.0)           : egcs-2.91.66
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> Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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> libpq++ leaks file descriptors and memory.
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> The constructor of PgConnection leaks a file everytime it is called.
> Also DEBUG is on by default.
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> In addition the header file libpq++.H is insane. It contains
> outdated copies of the header files (pglobject.h and the others).
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> The libpq++.H declares a smaller PgLargeObject (without class member
> variables) then the PgLargeObject in pglobject.h.
> This is the reason that examples/testlo crashes !
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> I fixed the header classes and memory/file leakage. I also added
> header file PostgresDatabase.h which contains a new implementation
> with exception handling, cursors and transactions. Look at
> examples/testexcep.cc for the usage. The C++ interface is still
> compatible with the old version.
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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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> Running the next program, it crashes after approx. 1000 iterations
> (depending on configuration of OS)
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> #include <libpq++.H>
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> #include <iostream>
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> int main()
> {
>   for (int i= 0; i < 10000; i++) {
>     cerr << i << endl;
>     PgConnection("");
>   }
> }
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> Running examples/testlo crashes with a damaged stack.
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> If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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> change 'FILE * debug' from a local var to a static var in
> pgconnection.cc.
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> I added a tar containing a new version of the src/interfaces/libpq++
> directory
> because many files (source, headers, README, TODO, CHANGES) are
> changed.

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