Re: Crash with empty dictionary

Tom Lane wrote: <blockquote cite="mid2336.1187760320@sss.pgh.pa.us" type="cite"><pre wrap="">Heikki Linnakangas <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"href="mailto:heikki@enterprisedb.com"><heikki@enterprisedb.com></a> writes:
</pre><blockquotetype="cite"><pre wrap="">I'm not sure if this is a sane way to set up a dictionary, but surely
 
seg faulting is not the right thing to do. Should we throw an error on
an empty dict file, or should we swallow it without crashing?   </pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">
Offhand I'd say that an empty file is a legitimate corner case,
so we should just take it silently.
        regards, tom lane

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 </pre></blockquote><br /> Shouldn't we be warning about an empty file rather than just swallowing up the error? It
mightnot be intentional and rather than the user trying to figure it out, we should at least be informing him/her...<br
/><br/> --<br /> Hamid<br />