Hello all,
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:55:32 +0100 Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
> I tracked the problem done to the function str_numth() in
> src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c. The fix (attached) is easy: i
> stole the function code from the latest 8.0 version which looks fare
> more sane in handling the string pointers.
Now with the correct patch attached, thanks to anyone who pointed this
out ;-)
Kind regards
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Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum
German PostgreSQL User Group
European PostgreSQL User Group - Board of Directors
diff -rc postgresql-7.4.23.orig/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c postgresql-7.4.23.patch/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
*** postgresql-7.4.23.orig/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c 2007-06-29 03:52:14.000000000 +0200
--- postgresql-7.4.23.patch/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c 2009-01-12 22:39:47.000000000 +0100
***************
*** 1444,1450 ****
static char *
str_numth(char *dest, char *num, int type)
{
! sprintf(dest, "%s%s", num, get_th(num, type));
return dest;
}
--- 1444,1452 ----
static char *
str_numth(char *dest, char *num, int type)
{
! if (dest != num)
! strcpy(dest, num);
! strcat(dest, get_th(num, type));
return dest;
}
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