Re: BUG #1962: ECPG and VARCHAR

Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 09:49:20AM -0600, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> > ecpg in 8.0.4 seems not to like the macros. I get the same error,
> > but not if I do this:
> >
> > VARCHAR t[256];
> > VARCHAR o[256];
> >
> > ecpg in 8.1beta3 works either way.
>
> This appears to be the guilty commit, which was made to 7.4, 8.0,
> and HEAD (8.1):
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-08/msg00266.php
>
> It was recently fixed in HEAD only:
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-10/msg00043.php

Good catch! I have backpatched these fixes to the 8.0 and 7.4 branches
as you suggested, (identical) patches attached.

The big problem is that we might not make releases on these branches for
months, so anyone needing the fix should download CVS for those
branches.

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