--- Adam Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The JDBC driver jxDBCon seems to have better Blob support, and is more
> JDBC 
> "compatible". One of our projects will need Blob support, so I want to
> use  it. Also, it looks like a good project, and I want to support it.

The issue with blob-support is not really with the driver, but the 
database.  PostgreSQL is switching from storing OID objects that point
to 'blobs' to bytea columns.  So, depending on your version of postgresql
what the behavior should be.  

You can't really just switch between jdbc drivers since Castor expects 
some behavior with the driver in some cases. (Last inserted oid, for
example)  However, it may work for the most part.  Try the jxDBCon one,
and let us know how well it works.  I expect that with 7.2, it won't have
blob support in a way that castor can use, but its worth a shot.

Once 7.2 is released, I'm going to make some changes to Castor so that
it can support blobs in postgresql, consistant to the new changes. 
(I'm starting that stuff now, looking at the the pre-release of pgsql 7.2.
This is one of the test-cases that fails with Castor/PostgreSQL currently
that I mention I'm working on.)

I cannot say that the 0.9.4 release of Castor will include these changes,
since I'm not going to finish them until 7.2 is released, and I don't
know when 0.9.4 will be done.  But when it is done, I'll update the 
mailing list with that information.


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Virtually,   Ned Wolpert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

"Who watches the watchmen?"  -Juvenal, 120 AD (4e75)

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