Would someone comment on this?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Premysl Maly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 2 > The lower the number the more severe it is. > > Short Description > Integer overflow in pg_dump > > Long Description > Talking about version pg_dump (7.1.3) > > > Well, it fails, when dumping databases indices (while dumping comment on indexes). I >hacked the source code and found the select which failed. It is on line 3036 of file >pg_dump. > > The select looks like: > > SELECT description FROM pg_description where oid = 4294958683 > > it fails always with dtoi4: Integer out of range > > I hacked a source, so now the searched oid is qouted: > > SELECT description FROM pg_description where oid = '4294958683' > > and the bug is gone. Please in a new release look at that. Large numbers should be >qouted otherwise they kill SELECT query. > > See you > > Premek > > > Sample Code > > in pg_dump source on lines 3036-7 should be: > > appendPQExpBuffer(query, "SELECT description FROM pg_description where oid = '"); > appendPQExpBuffer(query,oid); appendPQExpBuffer(query,"'"); > > instead of > > appendPQExpBuffer(query, "SELECT description FROM pg_description where oid = "); > appendPQExpBuffer(query,oid); > > > > No file was uploaded with this report > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
