I have applied this patch, and it will appear in 6.5.1.
> Hi,
>
> In ecpg, the error occurs in value lists of the INSERT statement,
> when 'short' or 'unsigned short' host variables are used.
>
> 1. Program sample
>
> exec sql begin declare section;
> short s ;
> unsigned short us;
> exec sql end declare section;
> exec sql create table test(s smallint, us smallint);
> exec sql commit;
> s = 1; us =32000;
> exec sql insert into test values( :s, :us ) ; <== error
>
> 2. Error messege
>
> Following error message are output.
> "i4toi2: '-600309759' causes int2 underflow"
>
> 3. Patch
>
> The error does not occur, when following patches were applied.
> Is this patch right? please confirm it.
>
> --
> Regards.
>
> SAKAIDA Masaaki <sakaida@psn.co.jp>
> Personal Software, Inc. Osaka Japan
>
>
> *** postgresql-6.5/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/ecpglib.c.orig Wed Jun 24 15:21:30 1999
> --- postgresql-6.5/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/ecpglib.c Wed Jun 24 15:31:57
> 1999
> ***************
> *** 469,480 ****
> --- 469,488 ----
> switch (var->type)
> {
> case ECPGt_short:
> + sprintf(buff, "%d", *(short *) var->value);
> + tobeinserted = buff;
> + break;
> +
> case ECPGt_int:
> sprintf(buff, "%d", *(int *) var->value);
> tobeinserted = buff;
> break;
>
> case ECPGt_unsigned_short:
> + sprintf(buff, "%d", *(unsigned short *) var->value);
> + tobeinserted = buff;
> + break;
> +
> case ECPGt_unsigned_int:
> sprintf(buff, "%d", *(unsigned int *) var->value);
> tobeinserted = buff;
>
>
>
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