Hi,

I didn't review the patch yet. I'm sorry for the long delay.

Regards,
Thomas


On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Noel Grandin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> This is a patch which implements typed arrays in function results.
> It removes the "feature" where elements of function array results are 
> converted to columns.
>
> Regards, Noel.
>
> Lukas Eder wrote:
>>> As for me issue 3 is definitely a bug. But this happens because CALL
>>> statement translates elements of array result to columns. For example:
>>> CALL (1,2,3) will return row with 3 columns. Indeed this behavior was
>>> introduced before me (see rev. 2427 Call.query) and I'm not a fan of
>>> this feature at all too but I've kept backward compatibility at time
>>> of my changes.
>> Ah, I understand. So with the current versions of H2, it is difficult
>> to retrieve an array from a stored function correctly, if using a
>> CallableStatement... While I register only one OUT parameter for the
>> return value with java.sql.Types.ARRAY as a type, I have to retrieve
>> three (or five or seven) values from the CallableStatement.
>>
>> I understand backwards compatibility thoughts. But this design will
>> cause major trouble, should you ever decide to allow for regular OUT
>> parameters as other databases do. Right now, this is not an issue, but
>> HSQLDB also went from Java-based stored functions to a PL/SQL-like
>> syntax with regular OUT parameters. Besides, the current behaviour is
>> inconsistent with calling the function in a normal PreparedStatement
>> as in "select f_arrays1(?) from dual", where an actual Object[] array
>> is returned.
>>
>> In my case, I can hide these facts from client code and always use the
>> PreparedStatement syntax. But for H2, I suggest you remove that
>> "feature" in the next major release. I doubt that a lot of people will
>> rely on that feature, since it isn't really documented. But that's
>> your decision.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lukas
>>
>
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