Re: Patch for handling unknown data types in jdbc driver

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dave(at)micro-automation(dot)net
Cc: "'PostgreSQL Patches'" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch for handling unknown data types in jdbc driver
Date: 2001-10-03 19:11:58
Message-ID: 200110031911.f93JBwQ13092@candle.pha.pa.us
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Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

http://candle.pha.pa.us/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

> Attached is a patch which deals with
>
> select 'id' as xxx from table
>
> The issue is:
>
> When the driver gets a data type which does not map into the SQL.Types
> it attempts to load the object into a java object. Eventually throwing
> an exception indicating that the type "unknown" was not found.
>
> Since the backend defaults "unknown" types to text it was suggested that
> the jdbc driver do the same.
>
> This patch does just that.
>
> I have tested it on the above select statement as well as a small
> program that serializes, and deserializes a class
>
> Dave

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