Re: pg_dump: fix crash on error

Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> [ scratches head... ]  Did this code change recently?  It's a tad hard
>> to believe that such a thing could have gone unnoticed for long.

> Seems the problem was introduced here:
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_db.c.diff?r1=1.58;r2=1.59

Oh dear, that makes it my fault :-(

> (I could just revert the code to using PQdb(), but I don't think there's
> a need to mention the database in the error message ourselves --
> PQerrorMessage() should include that information if appropriate.)

I'd go with reverting it to using PQdb, myself.  Looks like I got bit by
the perennial mantra: premature optimization is the root of all evil.

            regards, tom lane