From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200301072213.h07MD0320646@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] pgdb.py is still wrong in Postgres 7.3.1 rpm
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To: Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:13:00 -0500 (EST)
Cc: PostgreSQL-interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>,
	darcy@druid.net
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CC'ing D'Arcy.

Sorry, we really can't backpatch that unless D'Arcy does it.  He
controls the python interface and applied the patch only to CVS head.

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Gaetano Mendola wrote:
> I already post the fact that the file pgdb.py distribuited with
> Postgres 7.3 is wrong but was not already fixed in 7.3.1 !!!!
> 
> The class pgdbTypeCache is not working with the version 7.3.1
> the method getdescr  try to do the following select:
> 
> "SELECT typname, typprtlen, typlen FROM pg_type"
> 
> and the column typprtlen is not anymore available,
> I suggested to rewrite that select in this way:
> 
> "SELECT typname, 4, typlen FROM pg_type"
> 
> and someone else suggested:
> 
> "SELECT typname, -1, typlen FROM pg_type"
> 
> 
> 
> why was not yet corrected ?
> 
> 
> Ciao
> Gaetano
> 
> 
> 
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