Re: BUG #3399: Compatibility issue of the bytea field type - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #3399: Compatibility issue of the bytea field type
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Msg-id 2971.1182375879@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #3399: Compatibility issue of the bytea field type  ("Bing Xia" <bxia@alpha.ipswitch.com>)
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"Bing Xia" <bxia@alpha.ipswitch.com> writes:
> We use PostgreSQL 8.1.x as our server backend DB. In one table, we store all
> the certificates. The data type for the certificates is bytea. Everything
> works fine. However, after we upgrade to PostgreSQL 8.2.4. as we use the
> exact same code to query the certificates, we only retrieve the part of the
> certificates. It seems that the resultant certificates are never bigger than
> 256 bytes.

> Since we have not changed anything in the data access layer except the
> PostgreSQL upgrade, we think it could be a defect in the latest PostgreSQL.

If you want anyone to take this seriously, you need to provide a test case.

            regards, tom lane

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