The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 3867 Logged by: Ken Lorber Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.3beta4 Operating system: Mac OSX Description: PQconnectdb(NULL) cores instead of errors. Details:
PQconnectdb(NULL) cores in strdup() in interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c:3091 (conninfo_parse). Throwing an error would be more useful. To reproduce: 1) configure, make, make install 2) set conninfo = NULL at line 38 of src/test/examples/testlibpq.c 3) make testlibpq 4) ./testlibpq result should be a core or bus error or similar fatal error gdb shows: 0x90013413 in strdup () (gdb) where #0 0x90013413 in strdup () #1 0x0001cc37 in conninfo_parse () #2 0x0001d679 in connectOptions1 () #3 0x0001d9a1 in PQconnectStart () #4 0x0001d9e4 in PQconnectdb () #5 0x00001c2e in main () Thanks! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq