Tom Lane wrote: > Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> It might work to change struct varlena's contents to something like > >> > >> char vl_len_[4]; /* Do not touch this field directly! */ > >> char vl_dat[1]; > > > Oh, that would probably fix this problem pretty well. > > > Touching vl_dat is only safe if you've either just allocated the object > > yourself or you've already detoasted it. > > Sure, but that's been true ever since TOAST was first put in. The > varvarlena patch didn't change that coding rule. > > I'll go try the char[4] hack and see if it works on the machines I have.
Tom has applied this change to CVS HEAD and 8.3.X. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://mail.postgresql.org/mj/mj_wwwusr?domain=postgresql.org&extra=pgsql-hackers
