Thread: BUG #3399: Compatibility issue of the bytea field type
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 3399 Logged by: Bing Xia Email address: bxia@alpha.ipswitch.com PostgreSQL version: 8.2.4 Operating system: MS Windows Serve 2003 Standard Edition SP1 Description: Compatibility issue of the bytea field type Details: 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. Thanks for any feedback. Bing
"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