Re: Re : Win32 binaries test / pg_dump problem

["Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>]

Cyril VELTER said:
> From: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
>
>> Cyril VELTER wrote:
>>
>> >     if you psql -f test.sql basetest from the windows shell to a
>> >     windows
> or
>> > linux database, you'll get a missing data error :
>> >
>> > psql:test.sql:9: ERROR:  missing data for column "b"
>> > CONTEXT:  COPY test, line 1: "a"
>> >
>> >     if you psql -f test.sql basetest from a linux shell to a windows
>> >     or
>> > linux database, you won't get an error
>>
>> Sounds like we should have psql open the file in binary mode on
>> Windows. Would that cause problems? I doubt it, but I wonder.
>>
>
>    you might be right, I just found some information on msdn that fseek
>    for
> example is influenced by ctrl-z when the file is opened in text mode.
>
>    I'm not sure that this is the cause of the second problem (backend
>    crash
> on copy to) though.
>
>    do you known where this modification needs to be done ?
>
>    cyril
>

probably in src/bin/psql/command.c::process_file()

instead of mode "r" we should probably use the predefined constant
PG_BINARY_R

cheers

andrew