The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 5243 Logged by: Greg Johnson Email address: greg.john...@interprose.com PostgreSQL version: 8.4.1, 8.3.8 Operating system: CentOS 5.4 Description: Segmentation fault when sending null to crypt(); Details:
Postgresql version 8.4.1 and 8.3.8 both seg fault when you pass null into crypt function. select crypt(null, gen_salt('md5')); Server Log ---------------------------- LOG: statement: select crypt(null, gen_salt('md5')); LOG: server process (PID 25855) was terminated by signal 11: Segmentation fault LOG: terminating any other active server processes FATAL: the database system is in recovery mode WARNING: terminating connection because of crash of another server process DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. HINT: In a moment you should be able to reconnect to the database and repeat your command. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs