diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execQual.c b/src/backend/executor/execQual.c
index 6e7daa40e8f..27e764c19a9 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execQual.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execQual.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/execQual.c,v 1.226 2008/01/01 19:45:49 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/execQual.c,v 1.226.2.1 2008/11/15 20:53:40 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -2848,13 +2848,10 @@ ExecEvalXml(XmlExprState *xmlExpr, ExprContext *econtext,
 			bool *isNull, ExprDoneCond *isDone)
 {
 	XmlExpr    *xexpr = (XmlExpr *) xmlExpr->xprstate.expr;
-	text	   *result;
-	StringInfoData buf;
 	Datum		value;
 	bool		isnull;
 	ListCell   *arg;
 	ListCell   *narg;
-	int			i;
 
 	if (isDone)
 		*isDone = ExprSingleResult;
@@ -2880,12 +2877,16 @@ ExecEvalXml(XmlExprState *xmlExpr, ExprContext *econtext,
 					*isNull = false;
 					return PointerGetDatum(xmlconcat(values));
 				}
+				else
+					return (Datum) 0;
 			}
 			break;
 
 		case IS_XMLFOREST:
+		{
+			StringInfoData buf;
+
 			initStringInfo(&buf);
-			i = 0;
 			forboth(arg, xmlExpr->named_args, narg, xexpr->arg_names)
 			{
 				ExprState  *e = (ExprState *) lfirst(arg);
@@ -2900,11 +2901,30 @@ ExecEvalXml(XmlExprState *xmlExpr, ExprContext *econtext,
 									 argname);
 					*isNull = false;
 				}
-				i++;
 			}
+
+			if (*isNull)
+			{
+				pfree(buf.data);
+				return (Datum) 0;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				int			len;
+				text	   *result;
+
+				len = buf.len + VARHDRSZ;
+
+				result = palloc(len);
+				SET_VARSIZE(result, len);
+				memcpy(VARDATA(result), buf.data, buf.len);
+				pfree(buf.data);
+
+				return PointerGetDatum(result);
+			}
+		}
 			break;
 
-			/* The remaining cases don't need to set up buf */
 		case IS_XMLELEMENT:
 			*isNull = false;
 			return PointerGetDatum(xmlelement(xmlExpr, econtext));
@@ -3039,19 +3059,8 @@ ExecEvalXml(XmlExprState *xmlExpr, ExprContext *econtext,
 			break;
 	}
 
-	if (*isNull)
-		result = NULL;
-	else
-	{
-		int			len = buf.len + VARHDRSZ;
-
-		result = palloc(len);
-		SET_VARSIZE(result, len);
-		memcpy(VARDATA(result), buf.data, buf.len);
-	}
-
-	pfree(buf.data);
-	return PointerGetDatum(result);
+	elog(ERROR, "unrecognized XML operation");
+	return (Datum) 0;
 }
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out b/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out
index 45d82c7dda8..3bfefcd9f94 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out
@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ SELECT xmlconcat('<?xml version="1.1"?><foo/>', NULL, '<?xml version="1.1" stand
  <?xml version="1.1"?><foo/><bar/>
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT xmlconcat(NULL);
+ xmlconcat 
+-----------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlconcat(NULL, NULL);
+ xmlconcat 
+-----------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
 SELECT xmlelement(name element,
                   xmlattributes (1 as one, 'deuce' as two),
                   'content');
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out b/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out
index 76455919fc0..d6a7c31e93c 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out
@@ -63,6 +63,18 @@ SELECT xmlconcat('<?xml version="1.1"?><foo/>', NULL, '<?xml version="1.1" stand
 ERROR:  unsupported XML feature
 DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with libxml support.
 HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-libxml.
+SELECT xmlconcat(NULL);
+ xmlconcat 
+-----------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlconcat(NULL, NULL);
+ xmlconcat 
+-----------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
 SELECT xmlelement(name element,
                   xmlattributes (1 as one, 'deuce' as two),
                   'content');
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql
index cae45dd28cb..edf639b8c53 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ SELECT xmlconcat(1, 2);
 SELECT xmlconcat('bad', '<syntax');
 SELECT xmlconcat('<foo/>', NULL, '<?xml version="1.1" standalone="no"?><bar/>');
 SELECT xmlconcat('<?xml version="1.1"?><foo/>', NULL, '<?xml version="1.1" standalone="no"?><bar/>');
+SELECT xmlconcat(NULL);
+SELECT xmlconcat(NULL, NULL);
 
 
 SELECT xmlelement(name element,