[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #5527: Confusing error from ST_FromFlatGeoBuf

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Mon Sep 4 02:54:53 PDT 2023


#5527: Confusing error from ST_FromFlatGeoBuf
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 Reporter:  strk     |      Owner:  pramsey
     Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  medium   |  Milestone:  PostGIS 3.4.1
Component:  postgis  |    Version:  3.4.x
 Keywords:           |
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 Running this:
 > select st_fromflatgeobuf(NULL::int,NULL::bytea);

 You get this:
 > ERROR:  function returning record called in context that cannot accept
 type record


 The error is very confusing and needlessly so, as the message is hard-
 coded in PostGIS itself:
 https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis/src/tag/3.4.0/postgis/lwgeom_in_flatgeobuf.c#L176
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