Re: Re: [HACKERS] ODBC Driver int8 Patch - Mailing list pgsql-odbc

didn't Tom have an objection to this, or, at least, a concern about
forcing v2 specs?

On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:

>
> Patch applied.  Thanks.
>
> [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ]
> > Hi Bruce,
> >
> > Did you accept this patch in the end or was it rejected?
> >
> > Regards, Dave.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us]
> > > Sent: 16 January 2001 16:50
> > > To: Dave Page
> > > Cc: 'pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org'
> > > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] ODBC Driver int8 Patch
> > >
> > >
> > > As I remember, the problem is that this makes us match the
> > > ODBC v2 spec,
> > > but then we would not match the v3 spec.  Is that correct?
> > >
> > >
> > > [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ]
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > It was suggested that I post this patch here as no notice
> > > was taken of it
> > > > when posted to interfaces!
> > > >
> > > > This fixes problems with int8 columns which are reported by
> > > the driver as
> > > > SQL_BIGINT rather than SQL_CHAR as per the ODBC v2 spec.
> > > Specifically, I
> > > > have had problems with MS ADO - any queries that contain an
> > > int8 column in
> > > > the resultset will *always* return an empty recordset.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Dave.
> > > >
> > > > *** pgtypes.c.orig      Fri Dec 22 09:12:22 2000
> > > > --- pgtypes.c   Fri Dec 22 09:12:22 2000
> > > > ***************
> > > > *** 217,223 ****
> > > >         case PG_TYPE_XID:
> > > >         case PG_TYPE_INT4:          return SQL_INTEGER;
> > > >
> > > > !       case PG_TYPE_INT8:                      return SQL_BIGINT;
> > > >         case PG_TYPE_NUMERIC:           return SQL_NUMERIC;
> > > >
> > > >         case PG_TYPE_FLOAT4:        return SQL_REAL;
> > > > --- 217,223 ----
> > > >         case PG_TYPE_XID:
> > > >         case PG_TYPE_INT4:          return SQL_INTEGER;
> > > >
> > > > !       case PG_TYPE_INT8:                      return SQL_CHAR;
> > > >         case PG_TYPE_NUMERIC:           return SQL_NUMERIC;
> > > >
> > > >         case PG_TYPE_FLOAT4:        return SQL_REAL;
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >   Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
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> > >
> >
>
>
> --
>   Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
>   pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 853-3000
>   +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  830 Blythe Avenue
>   +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
>

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