Re: DatabaseMetaData.getImportedKeys returning duplicate

From: Dave Cramer <davec(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
To: Peter Royal <proyal(at)pace2020(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: DatabaseMetaData.getImportedKeys returning duplicate
Date: 2003-03-25 02:27:43
Message-ID: 1048559263.1168.14.camel@inspiron.cramers
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Patch applied, to 7.2.3, and HEAD

Thanks,
Dave

On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 10:53, Peter Royal wrote:
> On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 04:07 AM, Dave Cramer wrote:
> > I didn't see your first message ??
>
> I got a copy back when I sent it.. but it was the first message I had
> sent since subscribing. o well.
>
> > Yes this is a valid fix.
>
> Thanks. Should I submit a patch for this, since it is a trivial
> one-line change.
> -pete
>
> >
> > Dave
> > On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 21:39, Peter Royal wrote:
> >> Anyone? Is a specific testcase needed? Is no-one else using this
> >> metadata?
> >> thanks.
> >> -pete
> >>
> >> On Monday, March 3, 2003, at 09:27 PM, Peter Royal wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am having a problem with the DatabaseMetaData.getImportedKeys()
> >>> function. I am asking for the keys with respect to a specific table.
> >>> All is fine, except when I have two columns in a table that are both
> >>> foreign keys to another table, ie:
> >>>
> >>> Table A Table B
> >>> ------- -------
> >>> col1 -----------pk
> >>> col2 -----------/
> >>>
> >>> The ResultSet returned from getImportedKeys is structured:
> >>>
> >>> col1
> >>> col2
> >>> col1
> >>> col2
> >>>
> >>> If I execute the query that is generated behind the scenes in the
> >>> psql
> >>> command-line program, adding the DISTINCT keyword to the query causes
> >>> it to return the proper number of rows. Is that a valid fix, or will
> >>> that break something else? Should the duplicate-reduction be done
> >>> inside the java code that creates the ResultSet? I have no problem
> >>> making the fix, I just don't know enough about the jdbc internals
> >>> (nor
> >>> postgres itself, I'm a new user) to be confident enough to know
> >>> exactly *what* to fix.
> >>>
> >>> Anyways great work thus far, I look forward to helping improve the
> >>> driver!
> >>> -pete
> >>>
> >>> --
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