Re: Bug #693: python interface doesn't handle int8 correctly.

OK, can you suggest a patch?

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pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote:
> Ragnar Kjrstad (postgresql(at)ragnark(dot)vesdtata(dot)no) reports a bug with a severity of 3
> The lower the number the more severe it is.
>
> Short Description
> python interface doesn't handle int8 correctly.
>
> Long Description
> This applies to postgresql 7.2.1 on linux x86 (32 bit)
>
> getresult() and dictresult() return int4 data in a python int object, but it should use a python long object, or it will overflow.
>
> >From postgresql-7.2.1/src/interfaces/python:pgquery_dictresult :
> switch (PQftype(self->last_result, j)) {
> case INT2OID:
> case INT4OID:
> case INT8OID:
> case OIDOID:
> typ[j] = 1;
> break;
> }
> ...
> switch (typ[j]) {
> case 1:
> val = PyInt_FromLong(strtol(s, NULL, 10));
> break;
> }
>
>
> clearly this is wrong....
>
>
> Sample Code
>
>
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>
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