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-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c10
-rw-r--r--src/test/regress/expected/strings.out18
-rw-r--r--src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql6
3 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
index 722b2c722d9..69165eb3116 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
@@ -1118,7 +1118,12 @@ text_position(text *t1, text *t2, Oid collid)
TextPositionState state;
int result;
- if (VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(t1) < 1 || VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(t2) < 1)
+ /* Empty needle always matches at position 1 */
+ if (VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(t2) < 1)
+ return 1;
+
+ /* Otherwise, can't match if haystack is shorter than needle */
+ if (VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(t1) < VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(t2))
return 0;
text_position_setup(t1, t2, collid, &state);
@@ -1272,6 +1277,9 @@ text_position_setup(text *t1, text *t2, Oid collid, TextPositionState *state)
* Advance to the next match, starting from the end of the previous match
* (or the beginning of the string, on first call). Returns true if a match
* is found.
+ *
+ * Note that this refuses to match an empty-string needle. Most callers
+ * will have handled that case specially and we'll never see it here.
*/
static bool
text_position_next(TextPositionState *state)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out b/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
index 24839665765..6d96843e5b5 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
@@ -1420,6 +1420,24 @@ SELECT strpos('abcdef', 'xy') AS "pos_0";
0
(1 row)
+SELECT strpos('abcdef', '') AS "pos_1";
+ pos_1
+-------
+ 1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT strpos('', 'xy') AS "pos_0";
+ pos_0
+-------
+ 0
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT strpos('', '') AS "pos_1";
+ pos_1
+-------
+ 1
+(1 row)
+
--
-- test replace
--
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
index b5e75c344f2..0afb94964b1 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
@@ -492,6 +492,12 @@ SELECT strpos('abcdef', 'cd') AS "pos_3";
SELECT strpos('abcdef', 'xy') AS "pos_0";
+SELECT strpos('abcdef', '') AS "pos_1";
+
+SELECT strpos('', 'xy') AS "pos_0";
+
+SELECT strpos('', '') AS "pos_1";
+
--
-- test replace
--