Re: getBigDecimal problem

Quoting svetsch(at)tradewinds-solutions(dot)com:

> Hi,
>
> We just find out a small bug with the getBigDecimal(int i) method in
> ResultSet (postgresql 7.1 beta6)
>
> Th symptom is :
>
> We cannot read a decimal value with getBigDecimal() although, we can set
> it
>
> We solve the problem temporary by replacing the source original method
>
> public java.math.BigDecimal getBigDecimal(int columnIndex) throws
> SQLException
> {
> // Now must call BigDecimal with a scale otherwise JBuilder barfs
> return getBigDecimal(columnIndex,0);
> }
>
> by
>
> public java.math.BigDecimal getBigDecimal(int columnIndex) throws
> SQLException
> {
> // Now must call BigDecimal with a scale otherwise JBuilder barfs
> return getBigDecimal(columnIndex,-1);
> }
>
> So it does not perform a setScale in the method getBigDecimal(int
> column,
> int scale)
>
> It works well for us.

Hmmm, that one slipped past me. -1 is the correct figure as the getBigDecimal
(col,scale) method handles scale==-1 as a special case.

Thanks, Peter

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