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-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index fe6c6f8a05a..1c4f9ac04e6 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -6240,13 +6240,15 @@ parse_real(const char *value, double *result, int flags, const char **hintmsg)
if (hintmsg)
*hintmsg = NULL;
- errno = 0;
val = strtod(value, &endptr);
+ if (endptr == value)
+ return false; /* no HINT for syntax error */
- if (endptr == value || errno == ERANGE)
- return false; /* no HINT for these cases */
-
- /* reject NaN (infinities will fail range checks later) */
+ /*
+ * We ignore strtod's errno, so that out-of-range inputs will just result
+ * in zero or infinity values. Subsequent range checks will reject those
+ * if necessary. We do need to reject NaN explicitly, however.
+ */
if (isnan(val))
return false; /* treat same as syntax error; no HINT */