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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: BUG #18233: coerce_type accepts NULL as pstate and can pass it to
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PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> coerce_type accepts NULL as pstate and can pass it to
> coerce_record_to_complex, which passes it to GetNSItemByRangeTablePosn,
> which dereferences it.

Can you demonstrate any actual bug here?  If so, it's not
coerce_type's, which is clearly documented to allow NULL.

			regards, tom lane