Port Bug Report: The postgres server crashes

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                        POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name        : Jixue Liu
Your email address    : j.liu@cis.unisa.edu.au

Category        : runtime: back-end: SQL
Severity        : serious

Summary: The postgres server crashes

System Configuration
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  Operating System   : Solaris 2.6.2

  PostgreSQL version : 6.0

  Compiler used      :

Hardware:
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Problem Description:
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After sending a select query with oid8out function in it,
 the server crashed.

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Test Case:
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e.g.
create table cities (name text, population float, altitude int);
insert into cities values('x',1.2,100);
select oid8out(altitude) from cities;
now the server rashed.

The select query may not be correct, but the server should not crash,
instead, it should give a error message.


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Solution:
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