Can you please give me something reproducable, perhaps with a create
table statement and some inserts?
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> POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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> Your name : Adam Di Carlo
> Your email address : adam@onshore.com
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> Category : runtime: back-end
> Severity : serious
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> Summary: backend/utils/adt/cash.c problems
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> System Configuration
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> Operating System : Linux 2.0.36 Debian 2.1
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> PostgreSQL version : 6.4.2
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> Compiler used : postgresql 6.4.2-5
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> Hardware:
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> Linux burrito 2.0.36 #1 Thu Jan 14 17:02:15 EST 1999 i586 unknown
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> P120, 64MB RAM
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> Versions of other tools:
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> (used debian package)
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> Problem Description:
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> Two bugs when running cash_in() function on different
> data types, from psql, output below.
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> Test Case:
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> timesheet=> \d client-old
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> Table = client-old
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | Field | Type | Length|
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | client_id | int4 | 4 |
> | client_name | text | var |
> | default_bill_rate | float8 | 8 |
> | default_approved | int4 | 4 |
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> timesheet=> select client_id, client_name, cash_in(float4out(default_bill_rate)), default_approved from "client-old";
> ERROR: Bad money external representation (null)
> timesheet=> select client_id, client_name, cash_in(default_bill_rate), default_approved from "client-old";
> Backend message type 0x44 arrived while idle
> Backend message type 0x44 arrived while idle
> We have lost the connection to the backend, so further processing is impossible. Terminating.
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