Re: ecpg issue - not sending datatype to the backend

On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 02:28:31PM +0100, Mike Aubury wrote:
> Any thoughts ?

As I already explained in private email ecpg uses an untyped statement
and data is always send as text. Of course this could be changed but
only by looking into the backend and asking what datatype this is. I
don't think it's a good idea to just expect people to use the same
datatype in C as in the backend. Keep in mind that this works the other
way round as well. All those people not using pgtypes will probably have
a string to hold the date in C. You can also use date in C but a string
in the database. I don't like the idea of forcing one way to the user,
especially with the current setup working most of the time and the
remaining ones just needing a cast.

Michael

P.S.: Nice move to go to the list in the middle of a discussion. You
could at least give me a chance to answer your email before going
public.

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