While checking out Rushabh Lathia's recent report I noticed $subject. This is inconsistent because PQexec() returns PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY. Is it something we should fix, or leave well enough alone on backward compatibility grounds?
The cause seems to be that the backend (correctly) returns a NoData response to libpq's Describe Portal command, and when pqParseInput3 sees that it forcibly initializes conn->result to a PGRES_COMMAND_OK result, and then when it gets the 'I' (empty query) result to the Execute message, it won't override the preset result. So there seem to be two possible fixes: 1. 'n' processing shouldn't set up conn->result unless queryclass is PGQUERY_DESCRIBE. (AFAICS, the cases where such a result is actually desired should all be handled by a later 'C' message.) 2. 'I' processing should override any existing result. #2 seems a bit brute-force, but I'm slightly worried about unexpected side-effects from #1 --- I don't remember all the possible paths through this state machine ... regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers