Re: smallint vs. boolean (was invalid string enlargement

On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 09:37 +1300, Oliver Jowett wrote:
> Glenn Holmer wrote:
>
> > We can't upgrade the driver because we get this:
> >
> > 2005-03-17 10:10:22,961 WARN
> > net.sf.hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter - Meth
> > od: logExceptions - Line: 38 Message: SQL Error: 0, SQLState: 42883
> > 2005-03-17 10:10:22,962 ERROR
> > net.sf.hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter - Meth
> > od: logExceptions - Line: 46 Message: ERROR: operator does not exist:
> > smallint = boolean
>
> Without more details I'd have to say this is a hibernate or schema
> mapping bug -- it looks like it is using setBoolean() where you should
> be using setShort() (or vice versa). This only shows up in newer drivers
> because they more tightly bind types to parameters (due to using the V3
> extended query protocol to pass parameters to the server)
>
> This behaviour is unlikely to change, so you might want to look at
> tracking down the cause. As a last resort, you might be able to create
> implicit casts between smallint<->boolean.

Yes, the database has some fields defined as smallint and set to 0 for
false or either 1 for true; the Hibernate DTOs have these fields
declared as boolean.

Is there any way around this without rewriting everything?

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