Re: getConnection() method of PreparedStatement

Thanks everybody ! I have now switched to the 7.1.3 driver and atleast part
of my problem is solved.

Thanks again

regards
Sulakshana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ned Wolpert" <wolpert@yahoo.com>
To: "Sulakshana Awsarikar" <sulakshana@mithi.com>; "Stefano Reksten"
<sreksten@sdb.it>
Cc: <pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [JDBC] getConnection() method of PreparedStatement


> Sulakshana-
>
> BTW, the problem with JDBC is that you still have to change your code
> between databases, since the SQL needs to change. (Example, getting
> sequences)  If you really dont want to ever change your SQL or jdbc code
> between postgresql, db2, ms-sql, etc, get an object-mapping tool like
> castor or toplink.  I'm working on the castor project to make sure the
> tool supports postgresql.  (I'm also going to try to get rowsets
> implemented in the jdbc driver by 7.3, hopefully. :-)
>
> There are other drivers available, I'm sure.  Check out sourceforge.net.
>
> Good luck.
>
> --- Sulakshana Awsarikar <sulakshana@mithi.com> wrote:
> > Before testing my application with PostgreSQL, I have tested it with
> > MySQL and MS SQL Server 7.0 and their respective JDBC drivers.  The
> > application works without throwing any kind of exceptions.
> >
> > The very basis of using drivers that are supposed to implement the JDBC
> > API
> > specs is that the application can use any backend database without
> > having to modify code.
> >
> > Clearly this is missing here if the ResultSet interface of Postgresql
> > driver
> > does not give me a getRow() implementation or the PreparedStatement
> > interface does not give  me a getConnection() implementation.
> >
> > Is there any postgresql driver which does provide these implemetations ?
> > Modifying the application because of lack of implementation of abstract
> > methods is not an option that can be considered.
> >
> > regards
> > Sulakshana
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stefano Reksten" <sreksten@sdb.it>
> > To: "Sulakshana Awsarikar" <sulakshana@mithi.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 4:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: [JDBC] getConnection() method of PreparedStatement
> >
> >
> > > At 16.12 31/01/02 +0530, you wrote:
> > > >On using the getConnection() method from the PreparedStatement
> > interface
> > the
> > > >java.lang.AbstractMethodError exception is thrown.
> > > >Similarly for methods like getRow() from the ResultSet interface.
> > >
> > > Sulakshana,
> > > you should not ask a connection from the PreparedStatement, but you
> > should
> > do
> > > Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
> > > DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql:<database name>",
> > > "<user>", >"<password>");
> > > PreparedStatement pstmt = c.prepareStatement("<query>");
> > > ...
> > > ResultSet rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
> > >
> > > You will get a proper class that *implements* the interfaces.
> > Interfaces
> > > are just a "contract" between classes. HTH
> > >
> > > Ciao,
> > >          Stefano
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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