pg 1.4.1 → 1.5.6

data/Rakefile.cross

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class CrossLibrary < OpenStruct
 		self.host_platform              = toolchain
 
 		# Cross-compilation constants
-		self.openssl_version            = ENV['OPENSSL_VERSION'] || '1.1.1o'
-		self.postgresql_version         = ENV['POSTGRESQL_VERSION'] || '14.4'
+		self.openssl_version            = ENV['OPENSSL_VERSION'] || '3.2.1'
+		self.postgresql_version         = ENV['POSTGRESQL_VERSION'] || '16.2'
 
 		# Check if symlinks work in the current working directory.
 		# This fails, if rake-compiler-dock is running on a Windows box.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class CrossLibrary < OpenStruct
 		file openssl_makefile => static_openssl_builddir do |t|
 			chdir( static_openssl_builddir ) do
 				cmd = cmd_prelude.dup
-				cmd << "./Configure" << openssl_config
+				cmd << "./Configure" << "-static" << openssl_config
 
 				run( *cmd )
 			end
@@ -146,14 +146,10 @@ class CrossLibrary < OpenStruct
 		end
 
 		desc "compile static #{libssl}"
-		file libssl => "compile_static_openssl:#{for_platform}" do |t|
-			rm t.name.gsub(/\.a$/, ".dll.a")
-		end
+		file libssl => "compile_static_openssl:#{for_platform}"
 
 		desc "compile static #{libcrypto}"
-		file libcrypto => "compile_static_openssl:#{for_platform}" do |t|
-			rm t.name.gsub(/\.a$/, ".dll.a")
-		end
+		file libcrypto => "compile_static_openssl:#{for_platform}"
 
 
 
@@ -188,6 +184,7 @@ class CrossLibrary < OpenStruct
 				"--host=#{host_platform}",
 				'--with-openssl',
 				'--without-zlib',
+				'--without-icu',
 			]
 
 			chdir( static_postgresql_builddir ) do
@@ -196,7 +193,7 @@ class CrossLibrary < OpenStruct
 				cmd << "CFLAGS=-L#{static_openssl_builddir}"
 				cmd << "LDFLAGS=-L#{static_openssl_builddir}"
 				cmd << "LDFLAGS_SL=-L#{static_openssl_builddir}"
-				cmd << "LIBS=-lwsock32 -lgdi32 -lws2_32"
+				cmd << "LIBS=-lwsock32 -lgdi32 -lws2_32 -lcrypt32"
 				cmd << "CPPFLAGS=-I#{static_openssl_builddir}/include"
 
 				run( *cmd )
@@ -294,7 +291,7 @@ CrossLibraries.each do |xlib|
 		RakeCompilerDock.sh <<-EOT, platform: platform
 			(cp build/gem/gem-*.pem ~/.gem/ || true) &&
 			bundle install --local &&
-			rake native:#{platform} pkg/#{$gem_spec.full_name}-#{platform}.gem MAKE="make -j`nproc`" RUBY_CC_VERSION=3.1.0:3.0.0:2.7.0:2.6.0:2.5.0
+			rake native:#{platform} pkg/#{$gem_spec.full_name}-#{platform}.gem MAKE="make -j`nproc`" RUBY_CC_VERSION=3.3.0:3.2.0:3.1.0:3.0.0:2.7.0:2.6.0:2.5.0
 		EOT
 	end
 	desc "Build the windows binary gems"

data/certs/kanis@comcard.de.pem

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+uM8=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----

data/certs/larskanis-2023.pem

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----

data/certs/larskanis-2024.pem

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----

data/ext/errorcodes.def

@@ -366,6 +366,10 @@
   VALUE klass = define_error_class( "SqlJsonScalarRequired", "22" );
   register_error_class( "2203F", klass );
 }
+{
+  VALUE klass = define_error_class( "SqlJsonItemCannotBeCastToTargetType", "22" );
+  register_error_class( "2203G", klass );
+}
 {
   VALUE klass = define_error_class( "IntegrityConstraintViolation", NULL );
   register_error_class( "23000", klass );

data/ext/errorcodes.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # errcodes.txt
 #      PostgreSQL error codes
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2003-2021, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+# Copyright (c) 2003-2023, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 #
 # This list serves as the basis for generating source files containing error
 # codes. It is kept in a common format to make sure all these source files have
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ Section: Class 22 - Data Exception
 2203D    E    ERRCODE_TOO_MANY_JSON_ARRAY_ELEMENTS                           too_many_json_array_elements
 2203E    E    ERRCODE_TOO_MANY_JSON_OBJECT_MEMBERS                           too_many_json_object_members
 2203F    E    ERRCODE_SQL_JSON_SCALAR_REQUIRED                               sql_json_scalar_required
+2203G    E    ERRCODE_SQL_JSON_ITEM_CANNOT_BE_CAST_TO_TARGET_TYPE            sql_json_item_cannot_be_cast_to_target_type
 
 Section: Class 23 - Integrity Constraint Violation
 

data/ext/extconf.rb

@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ else
 	if dlldir && RbConfig::CONFIG["RPATHFLAG"].to_s.empty?
 		append_ldflags "-Wl,-rpath,#{dlldir.quote}"
 	end
+
+	if /mswin/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM
+		$libs = append_library($libs, 'ws2_32')
+	end
 end
 
 $stderr.puts "Using libpq from #{dlldir}"

data/ext/pg.c

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
  *
  * - PQfreemem -- unnecessary: copied to ruby object, then freed. Ruby object's
  *                memory is freed when it is garbage collected.
- * - PQbinaryTuples -- better to use PQfformat
  * - PQprint -- not very useful
  * - PQsetdb -- not very useful
  * - PQoidStatus -- deprecated, use PQoidValue
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "pg.h"
-#include "pg_config.h"
 
 int pg_skip_deprecation_warning;
 VALUE rb_mPG;
@@ -75,6 +73,7 @@ VALUE rb_mPGconstants;
  * The mapping from canonical encoding names in PostgreSQL to ones in Ruby.
  */
 const char * const (pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping[][2]) = {
+	{"UTF8",          "UTF-8"       },
 	{"BIG5",          "Big5"        },
 	{"EUC_CN",        "GB2312"      },
 	{"EUC_JP",        "EUC-JP"      },
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ const char * const (pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping[][2]) = {
 	{"SHIFT_JIS_2004","Windows-31J" },
 	/* {"SQL_ASCII",     NULL          },  special case*/
 	{"UHC",           "CP949"       },
-	{"UTF8",          "UTF-8"       },
 	{"WIN866",        "IBM866"      },
 	{"WIN874",        "Windows-874" },
 	{"WIN1250",       "Windows-1250"},
@@ -121,56 +119,17 @@ const char * const (pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping[][2]) = {
 };
 
 
-/*
- * A cache of mapping from PostgreSQL's encoding indices to Ruby's rb_encoding*s.
- */
-static struct st_table *enc_pg2ruby;
-
-
-/*
- * Look up the JOHAB encoding, creating it as a dummy encoding if it's not
- * already defined.
- */
-static rb_encoding *
-pg_find_or_create_johab(void)
-{
-	static const char * const aliases[] = { "JOHAB", "Windows-1361", "CP1361" };
-	int enc_index;
-	size_t i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(aliases)/sizeof(aliases[0]); ++i) {
-		enc_index = rb_enc_find_index(aliases[i]);
-		if (enc_index > 0) return rb_enc_from_index(enc_index);
-	}
-
-	enc_index = rb_define_dummy_encoding(aliases[0]);
-	return rb_enc_from_index(enc_index);
-}
-
 /*
  * Return the given PostgreSQL encoding ID as an rb_encoding.
  *
  * - returns NULL if the client encoding is 'SQL_ASCII'.
  * - returns ASCII-8BIT if the client encoding is unknown.
  */
-rb_encoding *
+static rb_encoding *
 pg_get_pg_encoding_as_rb_encoding( int enc_id )
 {
-	rb_encoding *enc;
-
-	/* Use the cached value if it exists */
-	if ( st_lookup(enc_pg2ruby, (st_data_t)enc_id, (st_data_t*)&enc) ) {
-		return enc;
-	}
-	else {
-		const char *name = pg_encoding_to_char( enc_id );
-
-		enc = pg_get_pg_encname_as_rb_encoding( name );
-		st_insert( enc_pg2ruby, (st_data_t)enc_id, (st_data_t)enc );
-
-		return enc;
-	}
-
+	const char *name = pg_encoding_to_char( enc_id );
+	return pg_get_pg_encname_as_rb_encoding( name );
 }
 
 /*
@@ -187,10 +146,6 @@ pg_get_pg_encname_as_rb_encoding( const char *pg_encname )
 			return rb_enc_find( pg_enc_pg2ruby_mapping[i][1] );
 	}
 
-	/* JOHAB isn't a builtin encoding, so make up a dummy encoding if it's seen */
-	if ( strncmp(pg_encname, "JOHAB", 5) == 0 )
-		return pg_find_or_create_johab();
-
 	/* Fallthrough to ASCII-8BIT */
 	return rb_ascii8bit_encoding();
 }
@@ -377,8 +332,13 @@ pg_s_init_ssl(VALUE self, VALUE do_ssl)
  **************************************************************************/
 
 void
-Init_pg_ext()
+Init_pg_ext(void)
 {
+
+#ifdef HAVE_RB_EXT_RACTOR_SAFE
+	rb_ext_ractor_safe(PQisthreadsafe());
+#endif
+
 	if( RTEST(rb_eval_string("ENV['PG_SKIP_DEPRECATION_WARNING']")) ){
 		/* Set all bits to disable all deprecation warnings. */
 		pg_skip_deprecation_warning = 0xFFFF;
@@ -397,8 +357,8 @@ Init_pg_ext()
 	SINGLETON_ALIAS( rb_mPG, "is_threadsafe?", "isthreadsafe" );
 	SINGLETON_ALIAS( rb_mPG, "threadsafe?", "isthreadsafe" );
 
-  rb_define_singleton_method( rb_mPG, "init_openssl", pg_s_init_openssl, 2 );
-  rb_define_singleton_method( rb_mPG, "init_ssl", pg_s_init_ssl, 1 );
+	rb_define_singleton_method( rb_mPG, "init_openssl", pg_s_init_openssl, 2 );
+	rb_define_singleton_method( rb_mPG, "init_ssl", pg_s_init_ssl, 1 );
 
 
 	/******     PG::Connection CLASS CONSTANTS: Connection Status     ******/
@@ -704,11 +664,12 @@ Init_pg_ext()
 	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "INVALID_OID", INT2FIX(InvalidOid));
 	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "InvalidOid", INT2FIX(InvalidOid));
 
+	/* PostgreSQL compiled in default port */
+	rb_define_const(rb_mPGconstants, "DEF_PGPORT", INT2FIX(DEF_PGPORT));
+
 	/* Add the constants to the toplevel namespace */
 	rb_include_module( rb_mPG, rb_mPGconstants );
 
-	enc_pg2ruby = st_init_numtable();
-
 	/* Initialize the main extension classes */
 	init_pg_connection();
 	init_pg_result();
@@ -729,4 +690,3 @@ Init_pg_ext()
 	init_pg_recordcoder();
 	init_pg_tuple();
 }
-

data/ext/pg.h

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /* PostgreSQL headers */
+#include "pg_config.h"
 #include "libpq-fe.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-fs.h"              /* large-object interface */
 #include "pg_config_manual.h"
@@ -75,10 +76,6 @@ typedef long suseconds_t;
 	#define PG_MAX_COLUMNS 4000
 #endif
 
-#ifndef RARRAY_AREF
-#define RARRAY_AREF(a, i) (RARRAY_PTR(a)[i])
-#endif
-
 #ifdef HAVE_RB_GC_MARK_MOVABLE
 #define pg_compact_callback(x) (x)
 #define pg_gc_location(x) x = rb_gc_location(x)
@@ -88,6 +85,12 @@ typedef long suseconds_t;
 #define pg_gc_location(x) UNUSED(x)
 #endif
 
+/* For compatibility with ruby < 3.0 */
+#ifndef RUBY_TYPED_FROZEN_SHAREABLE
+#define PG_RUBY_TYPED_FROZEN_SHAREABLE 0
+#else
+#define PG_RUBY_TYPED_FROZEN_SHAREABLE RUBY_TYPED_FROZEN_SHAREABLE
+#endif
 #define PG_ENC_IDX_BITS 28
 
 /* The data behind each PG::Connection object */
@@ -96,6 +99,9 @@ typedef struct {
 
 	/* Cached IO object for the socket descriptor */
 	VALUE socket_io;
+	/* function pointers of the original libpq notice receivers */
+	PQnoticeReceiver default_notice_receiver;
+	PQnoticeProcessor default_notice_processor;
 	/* Proc object that receives notices as PG::Result objects */
 	VALUE notice_receiver;
 	/* Proc object that receives notices as String objects */
@@ -313,7 +319,7 @@ int pg_coder_enc_to_s                                  _(( t_pg_coder*, VALUE, c
 int pg_text_enc_identifier                             _(( t_pg_coder*, VALUE, char *, VALUE *, int));
 t_pg_coder_enc_func pg_coder_enc_func                  _(( t_pg_coder* ));
 t_pg_coder_dec_func pg_coder_dec_func                  _(( t_pg_coder*, int ));
-void pg_define_coder                                   _(( const char *, void *, VALUE, VALUE ));
+VALUE pg_define_coder                                  _(( const char *, void *, VALUE, VALUE ));
 VALUE pg_obj_to_i                                      _(( VALUE ));
 VALUE pg_tmbc_allocate                                 _(( void ));
 void pg_coder_init_encoder                             _(( VALUE ));
@@ -363,7 +369,6 @@ pgresult_get_this( VALUE self )
 }
 
 
-rb_encoding * pg_get_pg_encoding_as_rb_encoding        _(( int ));
 rb_encoding * pg_get_pg_encname_as_rb_encoding         _(( const char * ));
 const char * pg_get_rb_encoding_as_pg_encoding         _(( rb_encoding * ));
 rb_encoding *pg_conn_enc_get                           _(( PGconn * ));

data/ext/pg_binary_decoder.c

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #endif
 
 VALUE rb_mPG_BinaryDecoder;
+static VALUE s_Date;
+static ID s_id_new;
 
 
 /*
@@ -195,6 +197,82 @@ pg_bin_dec_timestamp(t_pg_coder *conv, const char *val, int len, int tuple, int
 	}
 }
 
+#define PG_INT32_MIN    (-0x7FFFFFFF-1)
+#define PG_INT32_MAX    (0x7FFFFFFF)
+#define POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE   2451545 /* == date2j(2000, 1, 1) */
+#define MONTHS_PER_YEAR 12
+
+/* taken from PostgreSQL sources at src/backend/utils/adt/datetime.c */
+void
+j2date(int jd, int *year, int *month, int *day)
+{
+	unsigned int julian;
+	unsigned int quad;
+	unsigned int extra;
+	int			y;
+
+	julian = jd;
+	julian += 32044;
+	quad = julian / 146097;
+	extra = (julian - quad * 146097) * 4 + 3;
+	julian += 60 + quad * 3 + extra / 146097;
+	quad = julian / 1461;
+	julian -= quad * 1461;
+	y = julian * 4 / 1461;
+	julian = ((y != 0) ? ((julian + 305) % 365) : ((julian + 306) % 366))
+		+ 123;
+	y += quad * 4;
+	*year = y - 4800;
+	quad = julian * 2141 / 65536;
+	*day = julian - 7834 * quad / 256;
+	*month = (quad + 10) % MONTHS_PER_YEAR + 1;
+}								/* j2date() */
+
+/*
+ * Document-class: PG::BinaryDecoder::Date < PG::SimpleDecoder
+ *
+ * This is a decoder class for conversion of PostgreSQL binary date
+ * to Ruby Date objects.
+ */
+static VALUE
+pg_bin_dec_date(t_pg_coder *conv, const char *val, int len, int tuple, int field, int enc_idx)
+{
+	int year, month, day;
+	int date;
+
+	if (len != 4) {
+		rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "unexpected date format != 4 bytes");
+	}
+
+	date = read_nbo32(val);
+	switch(date){
+		case PG_INT32_MAX:
+			return rb_str_new2("infinity");
+		case PG_INT32_MIN:
+			return rb_str_new2("-infinity");
+		default:
+			j2date(date + POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE, &year, &month, &day);
+
+			return rb_funcall(s_Date, s_id_new, 3, INT2NUM(year), INT2NUM(month), INT2NUM(day));
+	}
+}
+
+/* called per autoload when BinaryDecoder::Date is used */
+static VALUE
+init_pg_bin_decoder_date(VALUE rb_mPG_BinaryDecoder)
+{
+	rb_require("date");
+	s_Date = rb_const_get(rb_cObject, rb_intern("Date"));
+	rb_gc_register_mark_object(s_Date);
+	s_id_new = rb_intern("new");
+
+	/* dummy = rb_define_class_under( rb_mPG_BinaryDecoder, "Date", rb_cPG_SimpleDecoder ); */
+	pg_define_coder( "Date", pg_bin_dec_date, rb_cPG_SimpleDecoder, rb_mPG_BinaryDecoder );
+
+	return Qnil;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Document-class: PG::BinaryDecoder::String < PG::SimpleDecoder
  *
@@ -205,10 +283,11 @@ pg_bin_dec_timestamp(t_pg_coder *conv, const char *val, int len, int tuple, int
  */
 
 void
-init_pg_binary_decoder()
+init_pg_binary_decoder(void)
 {
 	/* This module encapsulates all decoder classes with binary input format */
 	rb_mPG_BinaryDecoder = rb_define_module_under( rb_mPG, "BinaryDecoder" );
+	rb_define_private_method(rb_singleton_class(rb_mPG_BinaryDecoder), "init_date", init_pg_bin_decoder_date, 0);
 
 	/* Make RDoc aware of the decoder classes... */
 	/* dummy = rb_define_class_under( rb_mPG_BinaryDecoder, "Boolean", rb_cPG_SimpleDecoder ); */