"Boris van Schooten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As it turns out, the integer checking code (contrib/dbase/dbf2pg.c, function
> isinteger) is broken.  It appears the function reports 0 in case it finds a
> space in the dbf rather than a digit.  I disabled it (always made it return
> 1).  Now, my dbf files import fine.

Hmm.  I know nothing about dbase ... but if the test has any use at all,
I guess it must be to handle NULL values.  How does dbase represent a
NULL?  Why is this code only checking this for integer columns?

                        regards, tom lane

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