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* Fix indexterm spellingPeter Eisentraut2010-08-06
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* Improved version of patch to protect pg_get_expr() against misuse:Tom Lane2010-07-30
| | | | | | | | | | look through join alias Vars to avoid breaking join queries, and move the test to someplace where it will catch more possible ways of calling a function. We still ought to throw away the whole thing in favor of a data-type-based solution, but that's not feasible in the back branches. Completion of back-port of my patch of yesterday.
* Fix another longstanding problem in copy_relation_data: it was blithelyTom Lane2010-07-29
| | | | | | | | | | | assuming that a local char[] array would be aligned on at least a word boundary. There are architectures on which that is pretty much guaranteed to NOT be the case ... and those arches also don't like non-aligned memory accesses, meaning that log_newpage() would crash if it ever got invoked. Even on Intel-ish machines there's a potential for a large performance penalty from doing I/O to an inadequately aligned buffer. So palloc it instead. Backpatch to 8.0 --- 7.4 doesn't have this code.
* Fix possible page corruption by ALTER TABLE .. SET TABLESPACE.Robert Haas2010-07-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | If a zeroed page is present in the heap, ALTER TABLE .. SET TABLESPACE will set the LSN and TLI while copying it, which is wrong, and heap_xlog_newpage() will do the same thing during replay, so the corruption propagates to any standby. Note, however, that the bug can't be demonstrated unless archiving is enabled, since in that case we skip WAL logging altogether, and the LSN/TLI are not set. Back-patch to 8.0; prior releases do not have tablespaces. Analysis and patch by Jeff Davis. Adjustments for back-branches and minor wordsmithing by me.
* Fix potential failure when hashing the output of a subplan that producesTom Lane2010-07-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | a pass-by-reference datatype with a nontrivial projection step. We were using the same memory context for the projection operation as for the temporary context used by the hashtable routines in execGrouping.c. However, the hashtable routines feel free to reset their temp context at any time, which'd lead to destroying input data that was still needed. Report and diagnosis by Tao Ma. Back-patch to 8.1, where the problem was introduced by the changes that allowed us to work with "virtual" tuples instead of materializing intermediate tuple values everywhere. The earlier code looks quite similar, but it doesn't suffer the problem because the data gets copied into another context as a result of having to materialize ExecProject's output tuple.
* Spelling fixPeter Eisentraut2010-07-27
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* Fix grammarPeter Eisentraut2010-07-26
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* Backpatch reservation of shared memory region during backend startup onMagnus Hagander2010-07-23
| | | | | | | | Windows, so that memory allocated by starting third party DLLs doesn't end up conflicting. The same functionality has been in 8.3 and 8.4 for almost a year, and seems to have solved some of the more common shared memory errors on Windows.
* Avoid deep recursion when assigning XIDs to multiple levels of subxacts.Robert Haas2010-07-23
| | | | | | Backpatch to 8.0. Andres Freund, with cleanup and adjustment for older branches by me.
* Oops, in the previous fix to prevent a cursor that's being used in a FORHeikki Linnakangas2010-07-13
| | | | | | | | | loop from being dropped, I missed subtransaction cleanup. Pinned portals must be dropped at subtransaction cleanup just as they are at main transaction cleanup. Per bug #5556 by Robert Walker. Backpatch to 8.0, 7.4 didn't have subtransactions.
* Avoid an Assert failure in deconstruct_array() by making get_attstatsslot()Tom Lane2010-07-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | use the actual element type of the array it's disassembling, rather than trusting the type OID passed in by its caller. This is needed because sometimes the planner passes in a type OID that's only binary-compatible with the target column's type, rather than being an exact match. Per an example from Bernd Helmle. Possibly we should refactor get_attstatsslot/free_attstatsslot to not expect the caller to supply type ID data at all, but for now I'll just do the minimum-change fix. Back-patch to 7.4. Bernd's test case only crashes back to 8.0, but since these subroutines are the same in 7.4, I suspect there may be variant cases that would crash 7.4 as well.
* Fix "cannot handle unplanned sub-select" error that can occur when aTom Lane2010-07-08
| | | | | | | | | sub-select contains a join alias reference that expands into an expression containing another sub-select. Per yesterday's report from Merlin Moncure and subsequent off-list investigation. Back-patch to 7.4. Older versions didn't attempt to flatten sub-selects in ways that would trigger this problem.
* The previous fix in CVS HEAD and 8.4 for handling the case where a cursorHeikki Linnakangas2010-07-05
| | | | | | | | | | | being used in a PL/pgSQL FOR loop is closed was inadequate, as Tom Lane pointed out. The bug affects FOR statement variants too, because you can close an implicitly created cursor too by guessing the "<unnamed portal X>" name created for it. To fix that, "pin" the portal to prevent it from being dropped while it's being used in a PL/pgSQL FOR loop. Backpatch all the way to 7.4 which is the oldest supported version.
* Fix assorted misstatements and poor wording in the descriptions of the I/OTom Lane2010-07-03
| | | | | | | | | formats for geometric types. Per bug #5536 from Jon Strait, and my own testing. Back-patch to all supported branches, since this doco has been wrong right along -- we certainly haven't changed the I/O behavior of these types in many years.
* Allow ALTER TABLE .. SET TABLESPACE to be interrupted.Robert Haas2010-07-01
| | | | | | Backpatch to 8.0, where tablespaces were introduced. Guillaume Lelarge
* stringToNode() and deparse_expression_pretty() crash on invalid input,Heikki Linnakangas2010-06-30
| | | | | | | | | | but we have nevertheless exposed them to users via pg_get_expr(). It would be too much maintenance effort to rigorously check the input, so put a hack in place instead to restrict pg_get_expr() so that the argument must come from one of the system catalog columns known to contain valid expressions. Per report from Rushabh Lathia. Backpatch to 7.4 which is the oldest supported version at the moment.
* Deprecate the use of => as an operator name.Robert Haas2010-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | In HEAD, emit a warning when an operator named => is defined. In both HEAD and the backbranches (except in 8.2, where contrib modules do not have documentation), document that hstore's text => text operator may be removed in a future release, and encourage the use of the hstore(text, text) function instead. This function only exists in HEAD (previously, it was called tconvert), so backpatch it back to 8.2, when hstore was added. Per discussion.
* Fix dblink_build_sql_insert() and related functions to handle droppedTom Lane2010-06-15
| | | | | | | | columns correctly. In passing, get rid of some dead logic in the underlying get_sql_insert() etc functions --- there is no caller that will pass null value-arrays to them. Per bug report from Robert Voinea.
* Consolidate and improve checking of key-column-attnum arguments forTom Lane2010-06-15
| | | | | | | | | | dblink_build_sql_insert() and related functions. In particular, be sure to reject references to dropped and out-of-range column numbers. The numbers are still interpreted as physical column numbers, though, for backward compatibility. This patch replaces Joe's patch of 2010-02-03, which handled only some aspects of the problem.
* Rearrange dblink's dblink_build_sql_insert() and related routines to open andTom Lane2010-06-14
| | | | | | | | | | | lock the target relation just once per SQL function call. The original coding obtained and released lock several times per call. Aside from saving a not-insignificant number of cycles, this eliminates possible race conditions if someone tries to modify the relation's schema concurrently. Also centralize locking and permission-checking logic. Problem noted while investigating a trouble report from Robert Voinea --- his problem is still to be fixed, though.
* Fix connection leak in dblink when dblink_connect() or dblink_connect_u()Itagaki Takahiro2010-06-09
| | | | | | end with "duplicate connection name" errors. Backported to release 7.4.
* Add missed function dblink_connect_u(text[,text]) to uninstall scriptTeodor Sigaev2010-06-07
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* Fix dblink to treat connection names longer than NAMEDATALEN-2 (62 bytes).Itagaki Takahiro2010-06-03
| | | | | | | Now long names are adjusted with truncate_identifier() and NOTICE messages are raised if names are actually truncated. Backported to release 8.0.
* Change ps_status.c to explicitly track the current logical length of ps_buffer.Tom Lane2010-05-27
| | | | | | | | | | | This saves cycles in get_ps_display() on many popular platforms, and more importantly ensures that get_ps_display() will correctly return an empty string if init_ps_display() hasn't been called yet. Per trouble report from Ray Stell, in which log_line_prefix %i produced junk early in backend startup. Back-patch to 8.0. 7.4 doesn't have %i and its version of get_ps_display() makes no pretense of avoiding pad junk anyhow.
* Change the "N. Central Asia Standard Time" timezone to map toMagnus Hagander2010-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | Asia/Novosibirsk on Windows. Microsoft changed the behaviour of this zone in the timezone update from KB976098. The zones differ in handling of DST, and the old zone was just removed. Noted by Dmitry Funk
* > Follow up a visit from the style police.Andrew Dunstan2010-05-17
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* Fix longstanding typo in V1 calling conventions documentation.Robert Haas2010-05-16
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* Improve documentation of pg_restore's -l and -L switches to point out theirTom Lane2010-05-15
| | | | | interactions with filtering switches, such as -n and -t. Per a complaint from Russell Smith.
* tag 8.2.17REL8_2_17Marc G. Fournier2010-05-14
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* Fix MSVC builds for recent plperl changes. Go back to version 8.2, which isAndrew Dunstan2010-05-13
| | | | | | where we started supporting MSVC builds. Security: CVE-2010-1169
* Update release notes with security issues.Tom Lane2010-05-13
| | | | Security: CVE-2010-1169, CVE-2010-1170
* Use an entity instead of non-ASCII letter. Thom BrownTom Lane2010-05-13
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* Prevent PL/Tcl from loading the "unknown" module from pltcl_modules unlessTom Lane2010-05-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | that is a regular table or view owned by a superuser. This prevents a trojan horse attack whereby any unprivileged SQL user could create such a table and insert code into it that would then get executed in other users' sessions whenever they call pltcl functions. Worse yet, because the code was automatically loaded into both the "normal" and "safe" interpreters at first use, the attacker could execute unrestricted Tcl code in the "normal" interpreter without there being any pltclu functions anywhere, or indeed anyone else using pltcl at all: installing pltcl is sufficient to open the hole. Change the initialization logic so that the "unknown" code is only loaded into an interpreter when the interpreter is first really used. (That doesn't add any additional security in this particular context, but it seems a prudent change, and anyway the former behavior violated the principle of least astonishment.) Security: CVE-2010-1170
* Abandon the use of Perl's Safe.pm to enforce restrictions in plperl, as it isAndrew Dunstan2010-05-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | fundamentally insecure. Instead apply an opmask to the whole interpreter that imposes restrictions on unsafe operations. These restrictions are much harder to subvert than is Safe.pm, since there is no container to be broken out of. Backported to release 7.4. In releases 7.4, 8.0 and 8.1 this also includes the necessary backporting of the two interpreters model for plperl and plperlu adopted in release 8.2. In versions 8.0 and up, the use of Perl's POSIX module to undo its locale mangling on Windows has become insecure with these changes, so it is replaced by our own routine, which is also faster. Nice side effects of the changes include that it is now possible to use perl's "strict" pragma in a natural way in plperl, and that perl's $a and $b variables now work as expected in sort routines, and that function compilation is significantly faster. Tim Bunce and Andrew Dunstan, with reviews from Alex Hunsaker and Alexey Klyukin. Security: CVE-2010-1169
* Fix some spelling errors.Magnus Hagander2010-05-13
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* Translation updatePeter Eisentraut2010-05-13
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* Preliminary release notes for releases 8.4.4, 8.3.11, 8.2.17, 8.1.21, 8.0.25,Tom Lane2010-05-12
| | | | 7.4.29.
* Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2010j: DST law changes inTom Lane2010-05-11
| | | | | Argentina, Australian Antarctic, Bangladesh, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Syria, Tunisia. Historical corrections for Taiwan.
* Add PKST to the default set of timezone abbreviations.Tom Lane2010-05-11
| | | | | Per discussion, if we have PKT in there then PKST should be too. Also, fix mistaken claim that these abbrevs are not known to zic.
* Work around a subtle portability problem in use of printf %s format.Tom Lane2010-05-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Depending on which spec you read, field widths and precisions in %s may be counted either in bytes or characters. Our code was assuming bytes, which is wrong at least for glibc's implementation, and in any case libc might have a different idea of the prevailing encoding than we do. Hence, for portable results we must avoid using anything more complex than just "%s" unless the string to be printed is known to be all-ASCII. This patch fixes the cases I could find, including the psql formatting failure reported by Hernan Gonzalez. In HEAD only, I also added comments to some places where it appears safe to continue using "%.*s".
* Fix psql to not go into infinite recursion when expanding a variable thatTom Lane2010-05-05
| | | | | | | | | | refers to itself (directly or indirectly). Instead, print a message when recursion is detected, and don't expand the repeated reference. Per bug #5448 from Francis Markham. Back-patch to 8.0. Although the issue exists in 7.4 as well, it seems impractical to fix there because of the lack of any state stack that could be used to track active expansions.
* Add code to InternalIpcMemoryCreate() to handle the case where shmget()Tom Lane2010-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | returns EINVAL for an existing shared memory segment. Although it's not terribly sensible, that behavior does meet the POSIX spec because EINVAL is the appropriate error code when the existing segment is smaller than the requested size, and the spec explicitly disclaims any particular ordering of error checks. Moreover, it does in fact happen on OS X and probably other BSD-derived kernels. (We were able to talk NetBSD into changing their code, but purging that behavior from the wild completely seems unlikely to happen.) We need to distinguish collision with a pre-existing segment from invalid size request in order to behave sensibly, so it's worth some extra code here to get it right. Per report from Gavin Kistner and subsequent investigation. Back-patch to all supported versions, since any of them could get used with a kernel having the debatable behavior.
* Fix multiple memory leaks in PLy_spi_execute_fetch_result: it would leakTom Lane2010-04-30
| | | | | | | | | | memory if the result had zero rows, and also if there was any sort of error while converting the result tuples into Python data. Reported and partially fixed by Andres Freund. Back-patch to all supported versions. Note: I haven't tested the 7.4 fix. 7.4's configure check for python is so obsolete it doesn't work on my current machines :-(. The logic change is pretty straightforward though.
* On Windows, syslogger runs in two threads. The main thread processes configHeikki Linnakangas2010-04-16
| | | | | | | | reload and rotation signals, and a helper thread reads messages from the pipe and writes them to the log file. However, server code isn't generally thread-safe, so if both try to do e.g palloc()/pfree() at the same time, bad things will happen. To fix that, use a critical section (which is like a mutex) to enforce that only one the threads are active at a time.
* Fix psql's \copy to not insert spaces around dots and commas in the text ofTom Lane2010-04-15
| | | | | | | | the SELECT query in \copy (SELECT ...) commands. This is unnecessary and breaks numeric literals, as seen in bug #5411 from Vitalii Tymchyshyn. This change has already been made in passing in HEAD; backpatch to 8.2 through 8.4 (earlier releases don't have COPY (SELECT ...) at all).
* IP port -> TCP portPeter Eisentraut2010-04-15
| | | | backpatched to 8.1, where this first appeared
* Fix a problem introduced by my patch of 2010-01-12 that revised the wayTom Lane2010-04-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | relcache reload works. In the patched code, a relcache entry in process of being rebuilt doesn't get unhooked from the relcache hash table; which means that if a cache flush occurs due to sinval queue overrun while we're rebuilding it, the entry could get blown away by RelationCacheInvalidate, resulting in crash or misbehavior. Fix by ensuring that an entry being rebuilt has positive refcount, so it won't be seen as a target for removal if a cache flush occurs. (This will mean that the entry gets rebuilt twice in such a scenario, but that's okay.) It appears that the problem can only arise within a transaction that has previously reassigned the relfilenode of a pre-existing table, via TRUNCATE or a similar operation. Per bug #5412 from Rusty Conover. Back-patch to 8.2, same as the patch that introduced the problem. I think that the failure can't actually occur in 8.2, since it lacks the rd_newRelfilenodeSubid optimization, but let's make it work like the later branches anyway. Patch by Heikki, slightly editorialized on by me.
* Clean up inconsistent commasMagnus Hagander2010-04-09
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* Update list of Windows timezones we try to match localized names againstMagnus Hagander2010-04-09
| | | | to one that's up to date with Windows 2003R2.
* Proceed to look for the next timezone when matching a localizedMagnus Hagander2010-04-08
| | | | | | | | | | Windows timezone name where the information in the registry is incomplete, instead of aborting. This fixes cases when the registry information is incomplete for a timezone that is alphabetically before the one that is in use. Per report from Alexander Forschner