Re: not null validation option in contrib/file_fdw

On 04/13/2012 07:21 AM, Shigeru HANADA wrote:
> (2012/04/13 16:59), Etsuro Fujita wrote:
>> I updated the patch added to CF 2012-Next [1].  Attached is the updated
>> version of the patch.
> I applied the patch and ran regression tests of file_fdw, and I got
> SIGSEGV X-(
>
> The failure occurs in fileGetOptions, and it is caused by
> list_delete_cell used in foreach loop; ListCell points delete target has
> been free-ed in list_delete_cell, but foreach accesses it to get next
> element.
>
> Some of backend functions which use list_delete_cell in loop use "for"
> loop instead of foreach, and other functions exit the loop after calling
> list_delete_cell.  Since we can't stop searching non-COPY options until
> meeting the end of the options list, we would need to choose former
> ("for" loop), or create another list which contains only valid COPY
> options and return it via other_options parameter.
>

Yes, the code in fileGetOptions() appears to be bogus.

Also, "validate" is a terrible name for the option (and in the code)
IMNSHO. It's far too generic. "validate_not_null" or some such would
surely be better.

cheers

andrew