To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: Re: [INTERFACES] BIT type still not working
Message-ID: <980442473.3a705d691f08b@webmail.retep.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:07:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Peter T Mount <peter@retep.org.uk>
Cc: iand@metamousetrap.com, PostgreSQL jdbc list <pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org>
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Quoting Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>:

> 
> Anyone want to address this?

Added to the top of the list for Saturday. After looking at it, there's a 
couple of bits in the code I'm a bit suspicious of (with Boolean's).

Peter

> 
> [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ]
> > Is this true. If so, is there anytime schedule for a fix?
> > 
> > Thanks, Ian
> > 
> > Dan,
> > 
> > I really think there is something wrong with the boolean (bit) type
> setting
> > within the PostgreSQL JDBC driver. After checking w/ news groups and
> > receiving one answer below, I think the only way I can accomplish what
> I
> > need to is to go to postresql itself. Do you have any ideas?
> > 
> > Hi Joe,
> > 
> > I appreciate your response. I put in a workaround if I'm dealing with
> > postgresql like the following:
> > 
> > 
> > if (value instanceof Boolean &&
> > getType().equals(PersistentStore.PostgreSQL))
> >     {
> > Trace.println("Setting Boolean value for
> "+objAttr.getName()+"="+value);
> > preparedStatement.setBoolean(i, ((Boolean)value).booleanValue());
> >     }
> > else
> >     {
> > preparedStatement.setObject(i, value);
> >     }
> > 
> > and saw the output:
> > 
> > ..
> > SQL: insert into Car (License,Color,Logo,Sunroof) values (?,?,?,?)
> > Setting Boolean value for Sunroof=false
> > ..
> > 
> > with exactly the same problem, so calling setBoolean didn't work
> either. Do
> > you have any suggestions on how to get in touch with the appropriate
> > PostgreSQL people?
> > Thanks, Ian
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Joe Weinstein [mailto:joe@bea.com]
> > Sent:	Monday, January 08, 2001 5:31 PM
> > To:	Ian deSouza
> > Subject:	Re: org.postgresql.Driver Problem?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Ian deSouza wrote:
> > 
> > Sorry, the value was equals to true when I get zpbit_in: t is not a
> valid
> > bitstring and when value
> > is false I get
> > zpbit_in: f is not a valid bitstring .
> > 
> > Hi Ian.
> > You shouldn't use setObject() unless you are sending
> > the driver a Driver-understandable java.sql Object.
> > In this case, you should probably just use setBoolean().
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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