Kris Groves writes: > Hi List, > > I'm seeing strange behavior here : > >
This is a sqlite/sqlite3 driver problem, not a generic libdbi problem. The sqlite driver has to guess the column types from the "CREATE TABLE" statement that was used to build the tables involved in a query. The reason is that sqlite is essentially typeless. It is obvious that aliases strain the column type guessing code. The situation has improved somewhat in sqlite3, now that there is limited support for data types. However, the internals of the sqlite3 driver do not yet make good use of the improved type support. I'll try to rewrite the sqlite3 driver to take advantage of the type support, but I haven't checked yet whether this is possible within the constraints of libdbi's current design. In any case it'll take some time to implement. For the time being you may have a look at the functions long long dbi_result_get_as_longlong(dbi_result Result, const char *fieldname); long long dbi_result_get_as_longlong_idx(dbi_result Result, unsigned int fieldidx); char *dbi_result_get_as_string_copy(dbi_result Result, const char *fieldname); char *dbi_result_get_as_string_copy_idx(dbi_result Result, unsigned int fieldidx); These functions are available in the latest cvs version. The first two functions return any value as a long long integer (which you can cast to any other integer type) using reasonable conversions if necessary and if possible at all. The last two functions return just about anything as strings. Obviously these are merely workarounds in your case, but they still may be helpful to get things done. regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Spam-protected email: replace the quadrupeds with "mhoenicka") http://www.mhoenicka.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ libdbi-users mailing list libdbi-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libdbi-users
