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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgtcl large object read/write corrupts binary data
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Msg-id 4529.1067559606@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pgtcl large object read/write corrupts binary data  (ljb <ljb220@mindspring.com>)
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ljb <ljb220@mindspring.com> writes:
> [Using PostgreSQL-7.3.4 and -7.4beta5, Tcl-8.4.x.]
> Binary data written to a Large Object with libpgtcl's pg_lo_write is
> corrupted.  Tcl is mangling the data - something to do with UTF-8
> conversion.  Example: 0x80 becomes 0xc2 0x80, and 0xff becomes 0xc3 0xbf.

Patch applied to 7.4, along with a further fix to handle a negative return
value from lo_read properly.  Thanks for the report and patch!

            regards, tom lane

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