Re: Postgres provider to use gda-srv lib

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo linuxave net>]

Vivien wrote:
> 
> Le jeu, 06 jui 2000, vous avez écrit :
> >
> > So we need a datatype that's something like
> >
> > struct type_unknown {
> >  void * data;
> >  gint64 len;
> > }
> >
> > That should provide a non-intrusive hook for developers, and shouldn't limit
> > us too much if it needs to be fleshed out later, right?
> >
> 
> So we could modify the gda.idl file to (for the relevant parts):
>  enum ValueType {
>                 TypeNull,    TypeBigint, TypeBinary,
>                 TypeBoolean, TypeBstr,   TypeChar,
>                 TypeCurrency,TypeDate,   TypeDbDate,
>                 TypeDbTime,  TypeDbTimestamp, TypeDecimal,
>                 TypeDouble,  TypeError,  TypeInteger,
>                 TypeLongvarbin, TypeLongvarchar, TypeLongvarwchar,
>                 TypeNumeric, TypeSingle, TypeSmallint,
>                 TypeTinyint, TypeUBigint, TypeUSmallint,
>                 TypeVarchar, TypeVarbin,  TypeVarwchar,
>                 TypeFixchar, TypeFixbin,  TypeFixwchar,
>                 TypeUnknown, TypeLastValue                 <----------- New type
>           };
> 
>         union Value switch (ValueType) {
>         case TypeTinyint:
>                 char c;
>         case TypeBigint:
>                 long long ll;
>         case TypeBoolean:
>                 boolean b;
>         case TypeDate:
>                 Date d;
>         case TypeDbDate:
>                 DbDate dbd;
>         case TypeDbTime:
>                 DbTime dbt;
>         case TypeDbTimestamp:
>                 DbTimestamp dbtstamp;
>         case TypeDouble:
>                 double dp;
>                 /* case TypeError: NYI */
>         case TypeInteger:
>                 long i;
>         case TypeBinary:
>         case TypeVarbin:
>         case TypeVarwchar:
>         case TypeLongvarwchar:
>         case TypeLongvarbin:
>         case TypeUnknown:                <----------------- New line
>                 VarBinString lvb;
>         case TypeFixbin:
>         case TypeFixwchar:
>         case TypeFixchar:
>                 VarBinString fb;
>         case TypeCurrency:
>         case TypeDecimal:
>         case TypeNumeric:
>         case TypeChar:
>         case TypeVarchar:
>         case TypeLongvarchar:
>                 string  lvc;
>         case TypeSingle:
>                 float  f;
>         case TypeSmallint:
>                 short  si;
>         case TypeUBigint:
>                 unsigned long long ull;
>         case TypeUSmallint:
>                 unsigned short us;
>         };
> 
> This would give us the flexibility you talked about. If it is ok with you,
> Rodrigo, could you do the IDL files modification as I'm not at all at ease with
> the CORBA stuff.
> 
Done!