Re: [SQL] Question about insert/update RULEs.

2005-01-10 Thread Ron Peterson
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 06:45:54AM -0500, Dmitri Bichko wrote: > CREATE TABLE "foo" ( > "foo_id"serial PRIMARY KEY, > "type" varchar NOT NULL DEFAULT 'base' CONSTRAINT types CHECK > (type IN ('base', 'bar')) > "a" varchar NOT NULL, > "b" varchar DEFAULT 'some text'

Re: [SQL] TEXT blob extraction in ecpg

2005-01-10 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 01:02:00PM -0500, none none wrote: > Does any one know how to properly extract a TEXT type blob (undefined char > length) in ecpg (Linux system)? If you don't know how much memory to allocate for a column, you could use a descriptor area and check RETURNED_OCTET_LENGTH.

[SQL] TEXT blob extraction in ecpg

2005-01-10 Thread none none
Does any one know how to properly extract a TEXT type blob (undefined char length) in ecpg (Linux system)? We are converting our SQL from Informix to PostGres. Informix had a specific struct defined and I believe handled the dynamic memory allocation, but I cannot find any guidance on this iss