Re: Error in chkpass.c (contrib area) with suggestion

Looks like 7.3beta has the null checking in the code.  Thanks.

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Sedlak Anton wrote:
> Because author is not responding I'm writing to you.
> In contrib/chkpass.c there is no checking against NULL values on input, 
> thus if you call eg. raw(NULL) then postgresql always dies.
> Although storing encrypted password are highly required this behavior 
> makes this extension module unusable.
> 
> To correct it one must add some checkin before any PG_GETARG_XXX in 
> chkpass.c:
> Suggested type of code follows:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>  if(PG_ARGISNULL(0)) PG_RETURN_NULL();
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Best regards and let me know if this is acceptable
> 
> Sedlak Anton
> 
> 
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