Re: Using nulls with earthdistance operator crashes backend

I'll give it a shot and post the patch or let you know I'm stuck. :) Thanks!

  -mark

Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> writes:
> > * Install earthdistance operator from the contrib directory.
> > * try this:
> > cascade=> select null <@> '1,1'::point;
>
> > ## The result I get:
> > pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
>
> Probably the earthdistance functions are not NULL-safe and need to be
> marked "isStrict" in CREATE FUNCTION.  Would you be willing to do the
> legwork on working up a patch for that?
>
>                         regards, tom lane
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