uuid values as parameters

Hi,

I have a simple table foo with a column guid of data type uuid

if I execute the following query

select guid from foo where guid = '849b3d72-1400-44f1-
a965-1f4648475589'

the query returns fine

but if I parameterize the query as this

select guid from foo where guid = ?

and I set the the parameter using setString(1, '849b3d72-1400-44f1-
a965-1f4648475589')

the query bombs with the following:

[Error Code: 0, SQL State: 42883] ERROR: operator does not exist:
uuid = character varying

I understand I need to use setObject(), or that I could explicitly
cast it (select guid from foo where guid = ?::uuid) but I don't
understand why harcoding a string works, and sending a string
parameter does not

Ciao
Stefano