Re: psql and bytea - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Dennis Gearon
Subject Re: psql and bytea
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Msg-id 3EE6193A.8060805@cvc.net
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In response to Re: psql and bytea  (Féliciano Matias <feliciano.matias@free.fr>)
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I've seen that come up several times now.

Féliciano Matias wrote:

> Le ven 16/05/2003 à 06:56, Féliciano Matias a écrit :
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>>>All of this is used with postgresql 7.3.2 shipped with Red Hat Linux 9
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>>[...]
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>>I found the problem. It's bug in sprintf()
>>===============================================
>>#include <stdio.h>
>>#include <stdlib.h>
>>#include <string.h>
>>#define SIZE (1024*70000)
>>int main(void) {
>>    char * s = malloc(SIZE) ;
>>    char * d = malloc(SIZE) ;
>>    memset(s, 'a', SIZE-1) ;
>>    d[SIZE-1] = '\0' ;
>>    sprintf(d,"%s",s) ;
>>    printf("%zi\n", strlen(d)) ;
>>    return 0 ;
>>}
>>===============================================
>>$ ./a.out
>>67108863    (2^26-1)
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>>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90987
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> from
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> bugzilla@redhat.com
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> ------- Additional Comments From drepper@redhat.com  2003-06-09 23:22 -------
> The current glibc CVS code has been changed to not have this liimtation anymore.
>


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