RE: [INTERFACES] getObject and SMALLINT (JDBC)

It's probably been like that since day one. I'll check the specs.

Peter

> -----Original Message-----
> From:    Wim Ceulemans [SMTP:wim.ceulemans@nice.be]
> Sent:    10 November 1999 08:29
> To:    pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
> Subject:    [INTERFACES] getObject and SMALLINT (JDBC)
> 
> Hi
> 
> I noticed that all jdbc drivers return the Integer java type for a
> SMALLINT database type. Is this intended or is this a bug? The
> recommendation in the JDBC book (Hamiltan, Catell, Fisher) says that
> SMALLINT should be mappped to the Java short type.
> 
> If I want to changes this, is all I have to do is change the line in
> /src/interfaces/jdbc/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSet.java from
> 
> case Types.SMALLINT
>     return new Integer(getInt(columnIndex)
> to
> 
> case Types.SMALLINT
>     return new Short(getShort(columnIndex)
> ?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Wim Ceulemans
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