X-Original-To: pgsql-interfaces-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CC24D89B5 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:09:45 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 57131-09 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:09:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0B4CD88C3 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:09:43 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j8B09keh021486; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:09:46 -0400 (EDT) To: mischa@ActiveState.com Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Change of default type in DBD::Pg 1.42 In-reply-to: <4321F431.3030509@activestate.com> References: <4321F431.3030509@activestate.com> Comments: In-reply-to Mischa Sandberg message dated "Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:44:33 -0700" Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:09:46 -0400 Message-ID: <21485.1126397386@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.006 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.006] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200509/11 X-Sequence-Number: 5734 Mischa Sandberg writes: > I'm asking because a fair amount of code broke in our app, > when "?" appeared in a context where PG couldn't determine a type from context, > but VARCHAR was appropriate. Would you provide some examples? I would expect parameters to default to TEXT in most cases, and that should be close enough ... regards, tom lane