Re: Bug #693: python interface doesn't handle int8 correctly.

Could you supply a patch?

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pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org wrote:
> Ragnar Kjørstad (postgresql@ragnark.vesdtata.no) reports a bug with a severity of 3
> The lower the number the more severe it is.
>
> Short Description
> python interface doesn't handle int8 correctly.
>
> Long Description
> This applies to postgresql 7.2.1 on linux x86 (32 bit)
>
> getresult() and dictresult() return int4 data in a python int object, but it should use a python long object, or it
willoverflow. 
>
> >From postgresql-7.2.1/src/interfaces/python:pgquery_dictresult  :
> switch (PQftype(self->last_result, j)) {
>   case INT2OID:
>   case INT4OID:
>   case INT8OID:
>   case OIDOID:
>      typ[j] = 1;
>      break;
> }
> ...
> switch (typ[j]) {
>   case 1:
>     val = PyInt_FromLong(strtol(s, NULL, 10));
>     break;
> }
>
>
> clearly this is wrong....
>
>
> Sample Code
>
>
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>
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