Embedded SQL library bug

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                        POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name        :    David Flater
Your email address    :       dflater@nist.gov


System Configuration
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  Architecture (example: Intel Pentium)      :  Sun Ultrasparc 60

  Operating System (example: Linux 2.4.18)     :  SunOS 5.8

  PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-7.4.2):   PostgreSQL-7.4.2

  Compiler used (example:  gcc 2.95.2)        :  gcc 3.2


Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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In Embedded SQL, sometimes get segmentation faults on selecting part
or all of a float8[] array into a char array.

(gdb) where
#0  0xff233da0 in strncpy () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
#1  0xff376780 in ECPGget_data () from /private/pgsql/lib/libecpg.so.4
#2  0xff37345c in ECPGstore_result () from /private/pgsql/lib/libecpg.so.4
#3  0xff374cc8 in ECPGexecute () from /private/pgsql/lib/libecpg.so.4
#4  0xff3751dc in ECPGdo () from /private/pgsql/lib/libecpg.so.4
#5  0x00010a58 in main (argc=1, argv=0xffbef384) at crashme.pgc:45

The attached example reproduces the failure on PostgreSQL 7.4.2 under
Solaris.  The problem was also experienced by a colleague who was
using Linux but I haven't tested the example under Linux.



Please describe a way to repeat the problem.   Please try to provide a
concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
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I have attached a tar file containing a program, makefile, and log of
my results.

Do this:

createdb crashme
make
./crashme




If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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N/A

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David Flater, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S.A.