It seems the regression tests don't cover copy in/out at all, so

code that I had assumed was working had not been tested.  Naturally,
it was broken ...

Tom Lane

src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c,v 1.70 1998/04/07 22:36:38 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c,v 1.71 1998/05/06 23:53:27 momjian Exp $
  *
  * Modifications - 6/10/96 - dave@bensoft.com - version 1.13.dhb
  *
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ dumpClasses_nodumpData(FILE *fout, const char *classname, const bool oids)
 		sprintf(query, "COPY %s TO stdout;\n", fmtId(classname));
 	}
 	res = PQexec(g_conn, query);
-	if (!res)
+	if (!res ||
+		PQresultStatus(res) == PGRES_FATAL_ERROR)
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr, "SQL query to dump the contents of Table %s "
 				"did not execute.  Explanation from backend: '%s'.\n"

src/interfaces/libpgtcl/pgtclId.c

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpgtcl/Attic/pgtclId.c,v 1.9 1998/05/06 23:51:00 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpgtcl/Attic/pgtclId.c,v 1.10 1998/05/06 23:53:30 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ int PgInputProc(DRIVER_INPUT_PROTO)
 	return -1;
     }
 
-    if (connid->res_copyStatus == RES_COPY_FIN) {
-	return PgEndCopy(connid, errorCodePtr);
-    }
-
     /* Try to load any newly arrived data */
     errno = 0;
 
@@ -72,7 +68,13 @@ int PgInputProc(DRIVER_INPUT_PROTO)
 	return -1;
     }
 
-    /* Move data from libpq's buffer to tcl's */
+    /* Move data from libpq's buffer to Tcl's.
+     * We want to accept data only in units of whole lines,
+     * not partial lines.  This ensures that we can recognize
+     * the terminator line "\\.\n".  (Otherwise, if it happened
+     * to cross a packet/buffer boundary, we might hand the first
+     * one or two characters off to Tcl, which we shouldn't.)
+     */
 
     conn->inCursor = conn->inStart;
 
@@ -81,19 +83,33 @@ int PgInputProc(DRIVER_INPUT_PROTO)
 	   pqGetc(&c, conn) == 0) {
 	*buf++ = c;
 	--avail;
-	if (c == '\n' && bufSize-avail >= 3) {
-	    if ((bufSize-avail == 3 || buf[-4] == '\n') &&
-		    buf[-3] == '\\' && buf[-2] == '.') {
-		avail += 3;
-		connid->res_copyStatus = RES_COPY_FIN;
-		break;
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-    /* Accept the data permanently */
+	if (c == '\n') {
+	    /* Got a complete line; mark the data removed from libpq */
 	    conn->inStart = conn->inCursor;
+	    /* Is it the endmarker line? */
+	    if (bufSize-avail == 3 && buf[-3] == '\\' && buf[-2] == '.') {
+		/* Yes, change state and return 0 */
+		return PgEndCopy(connid, errorCodePtr);
+	    }
+	    /* No, return the data to Tcl */
 	    /* fprintf(stderr, "returning %d chars\n", bufSize - avail); */
 	    return bufSize - avail;
+	}
+    }
+
+    /* We don't have a complete line.
+     * We'd prefer to leave it in libpq's buffer until the rest arrives,
+     * but there is a special case: what if the line is longer than the
+     * buffer Tcl is offering us?  In that case we'd better hand over
+     * a partial line, else we'd get into an infinite loop.
+     * Do this in a way that ensures we can't misrecognize a terminator
+     * line later: leave last 3 characters in libpq buffer.
+     */
+    if (avail == 0 && bufSize > 3) {
+	conn->inStart = conn->inCursor - 3;
+	return bufSize - 3;
+    }
+    return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -120,6 +136,9 @@ int PgOutputProc(DRIVER_OUTPUT_PROTO)
 	return -1;
     }
 
+    /* This assumes Tcl script will write the terminator line
+     * in a single operation; maybe not such a good assumption?
+     */
     if (bufSize >= 3 && strncmp(&buf[bufSize-3], "\\.\n", 3) == 0) {
 	(void) pqFlush(conn);
 	if (PgEndCopy(connid, errorCodePtr) == -1)

src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.50 1998/05/06 23:51:13 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.51 1998/05/06 23:53:38 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -748,7 +748,8 @@ PQexec(PGconn *conn, const char *query)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* For backwards compatibility, return the last result if there are
-	 * more than one.
+	 * more than one.  We have to stop if we see copy in/out, however.
+	 * We will resume parsing when application calls PQendcopy.
 	 */
 	lastResult = NULL;
 	while ((result = PQgetResult(conn)) != NULL)
@@ -756,6 +757,9 @@ PQexec(PGconn *conn, const char *query)
 		if (lastResult)
 			PQclear(lastResult);
 		lastResult = result;
+		if (result->resultStatus == PGRES_COPY_IN ||
+			result->resultStatus == PGRES_COPY_OUT)
+			break;
 	}
 	return lastResult;
 }
@@ -950,7 +954,7 @@ PQputline(PGconn *conn, const char *s)
 {
 	if (conn && conn->sock >= 0)
 	{
-		(void) pqPuts(s, conn);
+		(void) pqPutnchar(s, strlen(s), conn);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -988,7 +992,7 @@ PQendcopy(PGconn *conn)
 	result = PQgetResult(conn);
 
 	/* Expecting a successful result */
-	if (result->resultStatus == PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
+	if (result && result->resultStatus == PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
 	{
 		PQclear(result);
 		return 0;

src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c,v 1.11 1998/05/06 23:51:14 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c,v 1.12 1998/05/06 23:53:48 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -342,6 +342,15 @@ tryAgain:
 	{
 		if (errno == EINTR)
 			goto tryAgain;
+		/* Some systems return EAGAIN/EWOULDBLOCK for no data */
+#ifdef EAGAIN
+		if (errno == EAGAIN)
+			return 0;
+#endif
+#if defined(EWOULDBLOCK) && (!defined(EAGAIN) || (EWOULDBLOCK != EAGAIN))
+		if (errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
+			return 0;
+#endif
 		sprintf(conn->errorMessage,
 				"pqReadData() --  read() failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
 				errno, strerror(errno));
@@ -374,6 +383,15 @@ tryAgain2:
 	{
 		if (errno == EINTR)
 			goto tryAgain2;
+		/* Some systems return EAGAIN/EWOULDBLOCK for no data */
+#ifdef EAGAIN
+		if (errno == EAGAIN)
+			return 0;
+#endif
+#if defined(EWOULDBLOCK) && (!defined(EAGAIN) || (EWOULDBLOCK != EAGAIN))
+		if (errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
+			return 0;
+#endif
 		sprintf(conn->errorMessage,
 				"pqReadData() --  read() failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
 				errno, strerror(errno));