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Old 04-17-2008, 11:02 PM
Tom Lane
 
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Default Re: reject empty string in float[48], oid

Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> This patch changes the input routines for float4, float8 and oid to
> reject empty strings (rather than treating them as "0"). In 8.0 we issue
> a warning about this behavior and indicate that the input will not be
> accepted by a future release, so it seems reasonable to disallow the
> input in 8.1. The patch also updates the regression tests.


If you're going to add regression tests, how about testing the case of a
non-empty-but-all-whitespace string?

regards, tom lane

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