Bug in byteaout code in all PostgreSQL versions

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I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Sergey N. Yatskevich wrote:

Hello!

bytea-test.cxx -- contains detailed description of the bug and test
plan and code.

varlena.c.diff -- patch for PostgreSQL 7.5devel
src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c#byteaout
fe-exec.c.diff -- patch (optional) for PostgreSQL 7.5devel
src/interface/libpq/fe-exec.c#PQescapeBytea

test.data -- contains test data :-))

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Sergey N. Yatskevich <syatskevich@n21lab.gosniias.msk.ru>
GosNIIAS

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Joe Conway has an updated version of this he will be applying shortly.
Thanks.

Joe, please make sure you CC this person once your patch is applied.

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Sergey N. Yatskevich wrote:

Hello!

bytea-test.cxx -- contains detailed description of the bug and test
plan and code.

varlena.c.diff -- patch for PostgreSQL 7.5devel
src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c#byteaout
fe-exec.c.diff -- patch (optional) for PostgreSQL 7.5devel
src/interface/libpq/fe-exec.c#PQescapeBytea

test.data -- contains test data :-))

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Sergey N. Yatskevich <syatskevich@n21lab.gosniias.msk.ru>
GosNIIAS

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Bruce Momjian wrote:

Joe Conway has an updated version of this he will be applying shortly.
Thanks.

Joe, please make sure you CC this person once your patch is applied.

I just applied the attached patch to cvs head, and equivalent ones on
the 7.3 and 7.4 stable branches. I also attached the output of Sergey's
test program with the patch applied. Thanks for the nice,
self-contained, test case!

Joe