Re: NaN/Inf fix for ECPG Re: out-of-scope cursor errors

Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb@cybertec.at>

From: Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb@cybertec.at>
To: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-01-30T10:09:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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Boszormenyi Zoltan írta:
> - different UNIX(-like) platforms write out different strings in printf()
>   for a double variable storing. NaN. E.g.: Linux: "nan",
>   Solaris: "NaN", AIX: "NaNQ"
>   

After I sent it and reread my mail, I realized that my fix
wouldn't be enough because of the above: ECPG uses sprintf()
for float and double, and just like in the backend, a common
code to send "NaN" and +/- "Infinity" to the server is needed.
New patch is attached.

Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi

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Zoltán Böszörményi
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