Toby Thain <t...@telegraphics.com.au> was heard to say: > I have discussed this issue with Vikram on #mysql and IMHO it is > wrong in concept for a collation change to affect column type: As it > is not concerning the contents of the field but merely > interpretation. Naturally he didn't expect to have to change his code. > > But then perhaps the driver writer held a different opinion.
I totally agree here, collation should not affect column type. I still suspect that MySQL reports the column type correctly, but that the driver uses incorrect or insufficient means to interpret this information. This check simply looks spurious to me: if(field->charsetnr == 63) This looks more to me like a crutch than like an author having a different opinion. Toby, isn't there a more foolproof check available in the MySQL C API? regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka http://www.mhoenicka.de AQ score 38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ libdbi-users mailing list libdbi-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libdbi-users
