On 18-04-2011 03:21, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: > 17.04.2011 22:03, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote: >> >> It's allowed to use XSQLVAR (or blr messages) between different types >> like number->varchar (or vice-versa) but it's not allowed to use >> different types when one of them is a blob. >> >> DSQL moves data using MOVD_move, which do it like a client move. This >> was ok before, cause DSQL was not part of the engine and blobs wasn't >> very integrated with others types. Now it's very inconsistent. >> >> I've done a small change making possible to move blobs to/from different >> types in the fetch call. This would be done in execute too. >> >> For input parameters, it would be specially good as user can put the >> parameter as string without need to create and fill a blob from the >> client side. >> >> For output (execute or fetch), it's good when the application knows it's >> data and may describe a blob as a string with its maximum length. > > I welcome this change. > > Is it doable to have it backported into v2.5.1?
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