Thread: Fix inappropriate uses of PG_GETARG_UINT32()

Fix inappropriate uses of PG_GETARG_UINT32()

From
Peter Eisentraut
Date:
I noticed that the chr() function uses PG_GETARG_UINT32() to get its 
argument, even though the argument is a (signed) int.  So you get some 
slightly silly behavior like this:

=> select chr(-333);
ERROR:  54000: requested character too large for encoding: -333

The attached patch fixes this by accepting the argument using 
PG_GETARG_INT32(), doing some checks, and then casting it to unsigned 
for the rest of the code.

The patch also fixes another inappropriate use in an example in the 
documentation.  These two were the only inappropriate uses I found, 
after we had fixed a few recently.
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Re: Fix inappropriate uses of PG_GETARG_UINT32()

From
"Bossart, Nathan"
Date:
On 12/1/21, 10:29 AM, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> The attached patch fixes this by accepting the argument using
> PG_GETARG_INT32(), doing some checks, and then casting it to unsigned
> for the rest of the code.
>
> The patch also fixes another inappropriate use in an example in the
> documentation.  These two were the only inappropriate uses I found,
> after we had fixed a few recently.

LGTM

Nathan


Re: Fix inappropriate uses of PG_GETARG_UINT32()

From
Peter Eisentraut
Date:
On 01.12.21 22:59, Bossart, Nathan wrote:
> On 12/1/21, 10:29 AM, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>> The attached patch fixes this by accepting the argument using
>> PG_GETARG_INT32(), doing some checks, and then casting it to unsigned
>> for the rest of the code.
>>
>> The patch also fixes another inappropriate use in an example in the
>> documentation.  These two were the only inappropriate uses I found,
>> after we had fixed a few recently.
> 
> LGTM

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