Re: Can PostgreSQL do data type automated casting in prepared

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Tjioe Ai Xin wrote:

>
> My code is like this: I have query: "Select count(*) / paramPage from
> tblFirst where condition"; The paramPage were filled from parameter
> which I specified as string data type. So I using setString method for
> my prepared statement for passing paramPage value. When I'm using the
> old jdbc driver pg74jdbc3.jar, I got no problem at all. But when I try
> to upgrade my PostgreSQL to 8.0.3. I got problem data type error.
>
> Can PostgreSQL do data type automated casting in prepared statement again?
> So I do not need change my code :)
>

Yes, and no. You can restore the old behavior by adding
?protocolVersion=2 to your connection URL, but using the older protocol
also means some new features and performance gains will be unavailable to
you.

Kris Jurka