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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jaime Casanova <jcasanov@systemguards.com.ec>
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Subject: Re: new regexp_*(text, text, int) functions crash
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Jaime Casanova <jcasanov@systemguards.com.ec> writes:
> BTW, this only happens when the third parameter is large. Here is an
> example that consistently crash here:
> select regexp_count('jaime.casanova', 'valid', 102481);

Hah ... pg_regexec has never had a check that the search start position
is sane.  Will fix.

			regards, tom lane