From: Jim Buttafuoco <jim@contactbda.com>
To: andy@andycc.net
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Npgsql MS 2.0 - char bug?
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:15:35 -0400
Message-ID: <20060611121415.M78056@contactbda.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <448BFF62.8030606@andycc.net>
References: <448BFF62.8030606@andycc.net>
Andy,
char(10) is padded with spaces while varchar is not. Don't you char(X) unless you need the padding
Jim
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From: Andy Shellam <andy@andycc.net>
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Sent: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:32:50 +0100
Subject: [INTERFACES] Npgsql MS 2.0 - char bug?
> Hi,
>
> I'm running the MS .NET 2.0 version of Npgsql (1.0RC1) with Visual Basic
> 2005.
>
> My primary key (domain_id) in the "domain" table is defined as char(10).
>
> I have the query:
>
> UPDATE domain SET domain = :domain, last_updated_user = CURRENT_USER,
> last_updated_date = NOW() WHERE domain_id = :domain_id;
>
> And the parameters are defined as:
>
> :domain -> Name: "domain"
> -> Type: varchar
> -> Size: 200
> -> sourceColumn: "domain"
>
> :domain_id -> Name: "domain_id"
> -> Type: char
> -> Size: 10
> -> sourceColumn: "domain_id"
>
> That fails with the error "the UpdateCommand affected 0 of 1 rows
> expected." The same with the DeleteCommand.
>
> If I change the parameter ":domain_id" to...
>
> :domain_id -> Name: "domain_id"
> -> Type: varchar
> -> Size: 10
> -> sourceColumn: "domain_id"
>
> ... it works on both.
>
> Is this a bug, or am I missing something?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
>
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