Re: [HACKERS] FATAL 1:btree: items are out of order

>
> Michael, do you use chars which >= 128 ?
> If yes and you havn't USE_LOCALE defined that problems
> with text-field come from nbtcompare.c:bttextcmp() - it uses
>
> char *ap, *bp;
> ^^^^
> (it was changed from unsigned near 20 May)
>
> while text funcs in varlena.c use unsigned char: UNSIGNED_CHAR_TEXT
> is defined. (It's big inconvenience that btree in one cases use
> funcs from nbtcompare.c and in other cases - from utils/adt/*.c)
> Do you remember bug with btree and AbsoluteTime - the same cause!
>
> I hope that my assumption is right and we may have good dreams
> with cleaned btree...
>
> But what should we use - signed or unsigned chars in both places
> if USE_LOCALE is not defined ?
>
> We must clean this code before 6.1! It's easy.


Would using unsigned chars for varlena break anything else?  If not,
I think we should use unsigned since it is necessary for USE_LOCALE
and wouldn't hurt if not USE_LOCALE.

Darren  darrenk@insightdist.com

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