Re: ECPG problem with 8.3

From: Peter Wilson <petew(at)yellowhawk(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Wilson <petew(at)yellowhawk(dot)co(dot)uk>, Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ECPG problem with 8.3
Date: 2008-01-30 13:48:54
Message-ID: 47A08046.1020902@yellowhawk.co.uk
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Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:57:45AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> I'm concerned about this too. We'll at least have to call this out as
>> an incompatibility in 8.3, and it seems like a rather unnecessary step
>> backwards.
>>
>
> Given that people seem to use this feature I'm more than willing to
> implement it, although it might become a bit hackish. Given that fetch
> is not a preparable statement we can live with the slightly inconsistent
> variable handling I think.
>
> Expect a patch soon.
>
> Michael
>
I've just tested my original un-tweaked ECPG application code against
8.3RC2 and everything
compiles and runs fine - including the variable count argument.

Thanks very much Michael

Pete

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