Perl DBIx::SearchBuilder and pg_atoi: zero-length string?

Hi,

I just discovered that perl module: DBIx::SearchBuilder 0.97
has a LoadByCols() method that builds a generic SELECT
query that seems to assume '' is a valid value to test on
any field. (The code is :
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sub LoadByCols {
my $self = shift;
my %hash = (@_);
my (@bind, @phrases);
foreach my $key (keys %hash) {
if (defined $hash{$key} && $hash{$key} ne '') {
my $op;
my $value;
if (ref $hash{$key} eq 'HASH') {
$op = $hash{$key}->{operator};
$value = $hash{$key}->{value};
} else {
$op = '=';
$value = $hash{$key};
}

push @phrases, "$key $op ?";
push @bind, $value;
}
else {
push @phrases, "($key IS NULL OR $key = '')";
}
}

my $QueryString = "SELECT * FROM ".$self->Table." WHERE ".
join(' AND ', @phrases) ;
return ($self->_LoadFromSQL($QueryString, @bind));
}
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)

PG 7.3.4 generates a "pg_atoi: zero-length string" error
when '' can't be coerced to the column type. I understand
the reason for changing this behavior from 7.2...

Can anyone point me to a version of DBIx::SearchBuilder that
works with PG 7.3.4 and above?

Thanks!
Steve
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