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Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 15:43:38 +0200
From: Anders Bengtsson <anders@natakademin.se>
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To: Peter Mount <petermount@it.maidstone.gov.uk>,
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Subject: Re: Missing features in JDBC driver
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Peter Mount wrote:
> 
> Yes the stream support was a victim of other things here taking
> priority. I'm working on trying to get more time to dedicate to JDBC, so
> this one should be the first.

That would be great! I've found that the "strange" way PostgreSQL
handles BLOBs is the major showstopper for changing from another RDBMS.

> As for the metadata, which methods are you using? A majority of the
> DatabaseMetaData and ResultSetMetaData are implemented. There are a few
> which are not done, but you should get an SQLException saying "Not yet
> Implemented".

I'm actually not sure, since the application server is doing all the
interfacing with the database and is not that good at providing useful
error messages... I could possibly try to add some debugging messages in
the JDBC driver to find out which methods it is using.

> Peter
> 
> --
> Peter Mount
> Enterprise Support
> Maidstone Borough Council
> Any views stated are my own, and not those of Maidstone Borough Council.

/Anders
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