[BUGS] PostgreSQL memory bug

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Dear Developer Team!
I use the PostgreSQL 7.4.5 on SLES9.0 and PostgreSQL 7.4.3 on SuSE 9.0 
(I think this problem exists in 8.0 too).

If you make 'create user' and 'alter group' sql command on existing 
users, and make it many times, the server doesn't release the memory.
After 6-7000 calls the server is crashed with an 'out of memory' error.
In 7.4.5 the logfile contains: 'out of memory error', and postmaster.pid 
file is deleted.
In 7.4.3 the logfile doesn't contain: 'out of memory error', and 
postmaster.pid file exists. After deleting the postmaster.pid, and 
making a 'pg_ctl start' the psql can't connect to the database, only 
after a full reboot.

I made a Java program to demonstrate the problem (CreateUsers.java):
//-----------------------------------------
import java.sql.*;
public class CreateUsers {
  
   public CreateUsers() {
   }
       public static void main(String[] args) {
       Statement loc_sql = null;
       StringBuffer loc_sqlString = null;
       Connection loc_db = null;
       ResultSet loc_eredmeny = null;
      
       try {
           Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");     //load the driver
           for (int i=0; i<20000; i++) {
               loc_db = 
DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1/anything", 
"postgres", "password");
               loc_sql = loc_db.createStatement();
              
               try {
                   loc_sqlString = new StringBuffer("CREATE USER ");
                   loc_sqlString.append( "anybody" );
                   loc_sqlString.append( " WITH PASSWORD '" );
                   loc_sqlString.append( "anything" );
                   loc_sqlString.append( "' NOCREATEDB NOCREATEUSER" );
                   loc_sql.executeUpdate( loc_sqlString.toString() );
               } catch (Exception e2) {
                  
               }
              
               try {
                   loc_sqlString = new StringBuffer("ALTER GROUP ");
                   loc_sqlString.append( "admin" );
                   loc_sqlString.append( " ADD USER ");
                   loc_sqlString.append( "anybody" );
                   loc_sql.executeUpdate( loc_sqlString.toString() );
               } catch(Exception e){ }
              
               loc_db.close();
               System.out.println(String.valueOf(i));
           }
       } catch (Exception e) {
           System.out.println(e.toString());
       }
   } 
}
//-----------------------------------------

If you have any further questions please mail to me.
   Best regards:
            Ferenc
---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?
              http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html