Re: [JDBC] Re: Trouble with JDBC2 ResultSet.getDate()

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Juhan-Peep Ernits <juhan(at)cc(dot)ioc(dot)ee>
Cc: Palle Girgensohn <girgen(at)partitur(dot)se>, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [JDBC] Re: Trouble with JDBC2 ResultSet.getDate()
Date: 2001-05-08 16:34:42
Message-ID: 200105081634.f48GYgn04910@candle.pha.pa.us
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So, I am concluding that the timestamp patch should not be applied the
jdbc tree.

>
> Hello!
>
> We solved the problem by patching the code of the jdbc driver (since the
> new code has ResultSet.getStatement() method and other useful
> enhancements) for some time, while we changed the code to use
> getTimestamp() method, since it is not a good idea to stick to patching
> the code of the jdbc driver.
>
> Of course it would be more comfortable if one could use getDate on a
> timestamp field, but it is not by default always available.
>
> In our case the new approach lead to more robust code (more typesafe),
> and in addition there were also a few other things that resolved when we
> started to use the new driver, so eventually we benefitted a lot of it. It
> depends how much code you have to rewrite but I'd suggest doing that.
>
> Juhan Ernits
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 8 May 2001, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
>
> > I just got bitten by this too. I use type timestamp in the
> > database, and often need the latest timestamp, but want to
> > format it as a date. With 7.0.x, I just
> >
> > select ts from foo order by ts desc limit 1
> >
> > and in java: d = res.getDate(1);
> >
> > but this fails everywhere in my code now :(
>
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