Re: 7.5 backend crash

Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com> writes:
>> kalman=#  insert into test values (1 ,(2,(3,(4,(5,(6, null))))));
>> INSERT 33639 1
>> kalman=# select * from  test;
>> ~ a |                         b
>> ---+----------------------------------------------------
>> ~ 1 | (2,"(3,""(4,""""(5,""""""""(6,)"""""""")"""")"")")
>> (1 row)

> Omg.....

> This is pretty cool and frankly amazing that it works.

It shouldn't work --- the ALTER TABLE code should reject it.  Looks like
there are a few holes to be plugged here ...
        regards, tom lane