Re: type unknown - how important is it?

Dave Cramer wrote:

> Shachar,
>
> I think with type oid 705 (unknown) it's safe to treat it as text. 
> Certainly better than punting.

Question is what DBTYPE to report it as. Options are DBTYPE_WSTR (UTF-16 
string, which means the input string must be a valid UTF-8 string), 
DBTYPE_STR (just dump it as I get it, and hope that client doesn't barf 
on the UTF-8 encoding), DBTYPE_BYTES (it's an array of bytes, just let 
the client figure out what to do with it. No promises on my part).

I don't know type 705 well enough to decide which would work best. If 
it's guaranteed to be a validly encoded text string, then I'll just put 
it in as DBTYPE_WSTR, and get it done with.

> On another note are you aware of any issues with transactions? 
> Specifically with using the dated autocommit mode ?

I'm not sure what dated autocommit is. What are the issues you are seeing?

> Dave
      Shachar

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