Re: Alter strings that don't belong to the application

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dennis Björklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Alter strings that don't belong to the application
Date: 2003-06-12 16:18:03
Message-ID: 11076.1055434683@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dennis_Bj=F6rklund?= <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org> writes:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I'd call that a bug in psql. Where do you see it happening exactly?

> It's the utf-8 validation function (mbvalidate) that removes characters
> that it does not understand.

I think the string ought to be copied first ... although that might
create memory-leak problems. Could you take a look at fixing this,
while you're in the area?

> ps. I'm being blacklisted by your email server.

I can whitelist you if you have a stable IP address --- is that a static
or dynamic assignment?

regards, tom lane

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