>>>>> "Merlin" == "Merlin Moncure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 Merlin> postgres=# alter table abc alter a type numeric;
 Merlin> ALTER TABLE
 Merlin> Time: 254.847 ms
 Merlin> postgres=# EXECUTE ins_abc;
 Merlin> INSERT 0 1
 Merlin> Time: 0.452 ms
 Merlin> postgres=# select * from abc;
 Merlin> ERROR:  invalid memory alloc request size 18446744073709551610

 Merlin> :-)

 Merlin> h/t to rhodium toad.

This is fairly obviously a simple consequence of the lack of plan
invalidation, it just happens to be more serious than most (you can,
as a normal user, break the backend in a dozen different ways, from
bad data or incomprehensible error messages up through SEGVs).

-- 
Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)

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