Re: patch for pg_autovacuum 8.0.x prevent segv for dropped - Mailing list pgsql-patches

Tom Lane wrote:
> daveg <daveg@sonic.net> writes:
>
>> Below is a patch for this that should apply against any 8.0.x. The change
>> verifies that the catalog query returned some rows before accessing the row
>> data.
>>
>
> Surely this is completely broken?  AFAICT you are testing the result
> from a VACUUM or ANALYZE command, which is not going to return any
> tuples.

Upon further inspection, I think you are right.  I would think that
instead of checking the query result with PQntuples, it should probably
be checked with |PQresultStatus.

Matt

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