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Re: mysql Connector/J
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: "Erik Poupaert" <erik dot poupaert at chello dot be>
- Cc: <java at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: 10 Feb 2003 12:00:24 -0700
- Subject: Re: mysql Connector/J
- References: <POEIJGMGPFPGFHAGKFHACEHMCEAA.erik.poupaert@chello.be>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Poupaert <erik.poupaert@chello.be> writes:
Erik> java.sql.SavePoint, java.sql.ParameterMetaData, and a bunch of
Erik> new constants like java.sql.ResultSet.HOLD_CURSOR_OVER_COMMIT
Erik> and so on.
Erik> They are not defined in the current libgcj.
Ok, thanks. If these should be in jdbc3 then we have a bug.
Looking at the 1.4 comparison page, it looks like we're really close
to having java.sql be "perfect":
http://rainbow.netreach.net/~sballard/japi/htmlout/h-jdk14-classpath.html
Maybe you're seeing problems because you're using an older gcj.
Yet another reason that using 3.3 is better.
Erik> Important to note here, is that upgrading java.sql in libgcj to
Erik> yet newer specifications will break the existing, currently
Erik> working drivers.
Yeah. Though it seems to me that this can only happen if Sun makes
incompatible changes, so it isn't entirely our fault.
Tom