Re: BUG #1628: JDBC bug with regard to text column data type - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Oliver Jowett
Subject Re: BUG #1628: JDBC bug with regard to text column data type
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Msg-id 427021C2.4020300@opencloud.com
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In response to BUG #1628: JDBC bug with regard to text column data type  ("Nathan Neuenschwander" <nathan_neuenschwander@comcast.net>)
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Nathan Neuenschwander wrote:

> I am using a CachedRowSet, the JDBC driver for PG 8.0, and j2ee.
> If the target table contains a column of data type text, the following
> causes an SQLException with a message stating that a negative value was
> returned for the column display size. If the text column is changed to a
> varchar, the exception is not triggered. The exception is not dependent upon
> the particular column being queried, just the enclosing table. (The proper
> variable init is implied.)

I believe we are still waiting for Sun to get back to us on this (it's
arguable whether the bug lies in the JDBC driver or in what their RowSet
implementation is expecting). Search the pgsql-jdbc archives for details.

-O

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