8.2.1 introduced an error when handling option properties that are objects (still a problem in 8.3.0)

[SamMaxwell]

the options object that is passed into pg has a property that is an object
{user:"postgres",database:"dvdrental",options:{appName:"Simplicity",enableArithAbort:false,encrypt:false}}

that used to work in 8.2.0, but ever since 8.2.1 (and still in 8.3.0) we now get the following error

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "string" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer or ArrayBuffer. Received an instance of Object at Function.byteLength (buffer.js:727:11) at Writer.addCString (<snipped>\node_modules\pg-protocol\dist\buffer-writer.js:41:30) at Object.startup (<snipped>\node_modules\pg-protocol\dist\serializer.js:9:32) at Connection.startup (<snipped>\node_modules\pg\lib\connection.js:118:31) at Connection.<anonymous> (<snipped>\node_modules\pg\lib\client.js:118:11) at Connection.emit (events.js:315:20) at Socket.<anonymous> (<snipped>\node_modules\pg\lib\connection.js:49:10) at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:421:28) at Socket.emit (events.js:327:22) at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1127:10) { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE' }

I do not expect that the options property will accomplish anything useful with postgreSQL, but the code is db-independent (and like I said, it worked prior to 8.2.1)

[charmander]

Duplicate of #2290

[charmander]

If you’re seeing this in 8.2.1, that is a mistake (it should be only 8.3.0 and later, according to the tags on 06cdf3e), but releasing 8.2.2 to fix that doesn’t seem like it would be too helpful.