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Re: BUG #3867: PQconnectdb(NULL) cores instead of errors. - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #3867: PQconnectdb(NULL) cores instead of errors.
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Msg-id 9629.1199992867@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #3867: PQconnectdb(NULL) cores instead of errors.  ("Ken Lorber" <keni@stacksafe.com>)
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"Ken Lorber" <keni@stacksafe.com> writes:
> PQconnectdb(NULL) cores in strdup() in interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c:3091
> (conninfo_parse).  Throwing an error would be more useful.

99% of library routines will core if you pass them a null for an
argument that that's not specifically documented to be allowed for.
If you're expecting otherwise, you should adjust your expectations.

            regards, tom lane

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