Re: attribute names & typecast/psql default port - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: attribute names & typecast/psql default port
Date
Msg-id 200109090109.f8919Yn25194@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to attribute names & typecast/psql default port  (Gavin Sherry <swm@linuxworld.com.au>)
Responses Re: attribute names & typecast/psql default port
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So bug #1 patch should be applied, and not bug #2 part?


> Hi all,
>
> I found a few bugs this afternoon - Patch attached. Patch was generated
> from current source and tested with the regression tests.
>
> ...
>
> ============== shutting down postmaster               ==============
>
> ======================
>  All 77 tests passed.
> ======================
>
> ...
>
> ----
>
> Bug #1: attribute name when column is type cast:
>
> Given the following table:
>
> test=# \d f
>           Table "f"
>  Column |  Type   | Modifiers
> --------+---------+-----------
>  i      | integer |
>  test   | text    |
>
> If I do the following:
>
> test=# insert into f values(1,'test');
> INSERT 139549 1
> test=# select i::int8,test from f;
>  ?column? | test
> ----------+------
>         1 | test
> (1 row)
>
> It doesn't make much sense that the first column should be called
> '?column?'.
>
> The patch results in the output appearing like this:
>
> test=# select i::int8,test from f;
>  i | test
> ---+------
>  1 | test
> (1 row)
>
> ----------
>
> Bug #2
>
> Found this while testing the first patch. As it happens I only have one
> box handy and it was running PG already. I changed the default port to
> 9999. When I executed bin/psql (the freshly built psql) it connected to my
> production postmaster on port 5432.
>
> The patch sets the configured port to that defined in pg_config.h.
>
> Gavin

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