Re: BUG #3841: core dump in uuid-ossp - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: BUG #3841: core dump in uuid-ossp
Date
Msg-id 20071227141338.GH5709@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: BUG #3841: core dump in uuid-ossp  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #3841: core dump in uuid-ossp  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Dmitriy wrote:
>
> > in sql console:
> > postgres=# select uuid_nil();
> > server closed the connection unexpectedly
> >     This probably means the server terminated abnormally
> >     before or while processing the request.
>
> Thanks for the report.  I think the problem here is that we're not
> checking the return values of uuid functions.  For example uuid_create
> could fail due to memory shortage or a number of other problems.

Please try the attached patch.

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