>>>>> "Merlin" == "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
Merlin> postgres=# alter table abc alter a type numeric;Merlin> ALTER TABLEMerlin> Time: 254.847 msMerlin> postgres=#
EXECUTEins_abc;Merlin> INSERT 0 1Merlin> Time: 0.452 msMerlin> postgres=# select * from abc;Merlin> ERROR: invalid
memoryalloc request size 18446744073709551610
Merlin> :-)
Merlin> h/t to rhodium toad.
This is fairly obviously a simple consequence of the lack of plan
invalidation, it just happens to be more serious than most (you can,
as a normal user, break the backend in a dozen different ways, from
bad data or incomprehensible error messages up through SEGVs).
--
Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)