crash in psql unixodbc driver

Hello,

We are having troubles with unixodbc postgresql driver on CentOS 5
x86_64 on a Xen DomU.

Digging through the net for a few days we couldn't find a solution,
only some hints for a similar problem hitting other clients (php
interpreter, for instance).

Here is a sample program which demonstrates the problem:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sql.h>
#include <sqlext.h>
#include <string.h>

void extract_error(
      char *fn,
      SQLHANDLE handle,
      SQLSMALLINT type)
  {
    SQLINTEGER i = 0;
    SQLINTEGER native;
    SQLCHAR state[ 7 ];
    SQLCHAR text[256];
    SQLSMALLINT len;
    SQLRETURN ret;
    fprintf(stderr,
            "\n"
            "The driver reported the following diagnostics whilst
running "
            "%s\n\n",
            fn);

    do
    {
      ret = SQLGetDiagRec(type, handle, ++i, state, &native, text,
      sizeof(text), &len );
      if (SQL_SUCCEEDED(ret))
      printf("%s:%ld:%ld:%s\n", state, i, native, text);
    }
    while( ret == SQL_SUCCESS );
  }


main() {
        SQLHENV env;
        SQLHDBC dbc;
        SQLHSTMT stmt;
        SQLRETURN ret; /* ODBC API return status */
        SQLSMALLINT columns; /* number of columns in result-set */
        int row = 0;

        /* Allocate an environment handle */
        SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, SQL_NULL_HANDLE, &env);
        /* We want ODBC 3 support */
        SQLSetEnvAttr(env, SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (void *)
SQL_OV_ODBC2, 0);
        /* Allocate a connection handle */
        SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, env, &dbc);

        char *szDSN = "TEMPLATE_1";
        char *szUserName = "ayin";
        char *szPassword = "";
        /* Connect to the DSN mydsn */
        ret = ::SQLConnect( dbc , (SQLCHAR *)szDSN ,
(SQLSMALLINT)strlen( szDSN ) , (SQLCHAR *)szUserName ,
(SQLSMALLINT)strlen( szUserName ) , (SQLCHAR *)szPassword ,
(SQLSMALLINT)strlen( szPassword ) );

        /* Allocate a statement handle */
        SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, dbc, &stmt);

        ret = SQLExecDirect(stmt, (SQLCHAR *)"select * from
not_existing_table", SQL_NTS);
        if ( !SQL_SUCCEEDED(ret) )
                extract_error( "Error SQLExecDirect" , stmt,
SQL_HANDLE_STMT );

        ret = ::SQLDisconnect( dbc );

}

Here is some output with info about the environment:

[dare@dev1 ~]$ uname -a
Linux dev1.dev 2.6.18-5-xen-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 23:16:23 UTC 2007
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[dare@dev1 ~]$ g++ -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/specs
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
--disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
--disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-languages=c,c++,f77
--disable-libgcj --host=x86_64-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-4)

[dare@dev1 ~]$

built and installed unixODBC out of the box

i.e.
./configure
./make
./make install

then configured the "ini" files to setup the driver and DNS

[dare@dev1 etc]$ pwd
/usr/local/etc

[dare@dev1 etc]$ more odbcinst.ini
[PostgreSQL]
Description             = PostgreSQL driver for Linux
Driver                  = /usr/local/lib/libodbcpsql.so
Setup                   = /usr/local/lib/libodbcpsqlS.so
FileUsage               = 1
UsageCount              = 1

[dare@dev1 etc]$ more odbc.ini
[TEMPLATE_1]
Driver                  = PostgreSQL
Description             = Postgres template db
Trace                   = No
TraceFile               = /tmp/sql.log
Database                = template1
Servername              = localhost
UserName                = ayin
Password                =
Port                    = 5432
Protocol                = 6.4
ReadOnly                = No
RowVersioning           = No
ShowSystemTables        = No
ShowOidColumn           = No
FakeOidIndex            = No
ConnSettings            =
ExtraSysTablePrefixes   =

[dare@dev1 etc]$ isql -v TEMPLATE1 ayin
+---------------------------------------+
| Connected!                            |
|                                       |
| sql-statement                         |
| help [tablename]                      |
| quit                                  |
|                                       |
+---------------------------------------+
SQL> quit

I cannot login to our development server to get a sample output right now.

Does anyone know what this is all about?

If you are in a position to work on it for money then we are willing
to pay, but it'll have to be fast (we need to resolve it by July
11th).

Thanks,

--Amos

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On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Amos Shapira <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> We are having troubles with unixodbc postgresql driver on CentOS 5
> x86_64 on a Xen DomU.
>
> Here is a sample program which demonstrates the problem:
>

If I get a bit of free time later today, I'll try and reproduce your
problem here. In the meantime, I recommend you post on one of the main
postgresql lists with your problem, if you haven't already. Be sure to
include an actual description of the issue, rather than just some
source for a program which exhibits it. Also include exact versions
for every piece of software involved (postgres, odbc driver, etc).

There is a specific postgresql-ODBC list, but there's very little
traffic on it. You might be better off posting on -general...

Thanks,

Charles Duffy

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2008/7/7 Charles Duffy <[hidden email]>:
Thanks for the advise. I'll try to provide more complete details if we
can't solve it.

>
> There is a specific postgresql-ODBC list, but there's very little
> traffic on it. You might be better off posting on -general...

I subscribed and posted there but haven't heard anything back.

In the meantime, we had some progress with a friend I contacted
outside the list.

Cheers,

--Amos

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