Applied Zoltan's patch to make char the default sqlda type.

Michael Meskes · Michael Meskes · commit b3627d1de3ec · 2010-01-13T09:06:51.000Z
Given that undefined types are handled as character strings anyway the type
translation function can simply return the correcponding ECPGt_char type.
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/typename.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/typename.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/typename.c,v 1.17 2010/01/13 08:41:48 meskes Exp $ */
+/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/typename.c,v 1.18 2010/01/13 09:06:51 meskes Exp $ */
 
 #define POSTGRES_ECPG_INTERNAL
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ sqlda_dynamic_type(Oid type, enum COMPAT_MODE compat)
 #ifdef HAVE_LONG_INT_64
 			return ECPGt_long;
 #endif
+		/* Unhandled types always return a string */
 		default:
-			return (-type);
+			return ECPGt_char;
 	}
 }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@`
`1`		`-/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/typename.c,v 1.17 2010/01/13 08:41:48 meskes Exp $ */`
	`1`	`+/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/typename.c,v 1.18 2010/01/13 09:06:51 meskes Exp $ */`
`2`	`2`
`3`	`3`	`#define POSTGRES_ECPG_INTERNAL`
`4`	`4`	`#include "postgres_fe.h"`
`@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ sqlda_dynamic_type(Oid type, enum COMPAT_MODE compat)`
`136`	`136`	`#ifdef HAVE_LONG_INT_64`
`137`	`137`	`return ECPGt_long;`
`138`	`138`	`#endif`
	`139`	`+ /* Unhandled types always return a string */`
`139`	`140`	`default:`
`140`		`- return (-type);`
	`141`	`+ return ECPGt_char;`
`141`	`142`	`}`
`142`	`143`	`}`