From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Juhan-Peep Ernits <juhan@cc.ioc.ee>
Cc: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Cc: pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [JDBC] Re: Trouble with JDBC2 ResultSet.getDate()
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 12:34:42 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200105081634.f48GYgn04910@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0105081701090.27703-100000@suhkur.cc.ioc.ee>
So, I am concluding that the timestamp patch should not be applied the
jdbc tree.
>
> Hello!
>
> We solved the problem by patching the code of the jdbc driver (since the
> new code has ResultSet.getStatement() method and other useful
> enhancements) for some time, while we changed the code to use
> getTimestamp() method, since it is not a good idea to stick to patching
> the code of the jdbc driver.
>
> Of course it would be more comfortable if one could use getDate on a
> timestamp field, but it is not by default always available.
>
> In our case the new approach lead to more robust code (more typesafe),
> and in addition there were also a few other things that resolved when we
> started to use the new driver, so eventually we benefitted a lot of it. It
> depends how much code you have to rewrite but I'd suggest doing that.
>
> Juhan Ernits
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 8 May 2001, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
>
> > I just got bitten by this too. I use type timestamp in the
> > database, and often need the latest timestamp, but want to
> > format it as a date. With 7.0.x, I just
> >
> > select ts from foo order by ts desc limit 1
> >
> > and in java: d = res.getDate(1);
> >
> > but this fails everywhere in my code now :(
>
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate
> subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your
> message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
>
--
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
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
reply via email
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Cc: pgman@candle.pha.pa.us, juhan@cc.ioc.ee, girgen@partitur.se, pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [JDBC] Re: Trouble with JDBC2 ResultSet.getDate()
In-Reply-To: <200105081634.f48GYgn04910@candle.pha.pa.us>
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox