CallableStatement and getUpdateCount - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

Hi,

I have a query about using CallableStatement with functions that return
a SETOF. I know the "Calling Stored Functions" documentation says use a
Statement or a PreparedStatement - I'm in the process of porting over a
database and would like to leave my calling code the same - that means
CallableStatement (more in a moment).

First, an example. A simple function (I know the SETOF is redundant in
this example, normally it wouldn't be) -

    CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION cstest()
    RETURNS SETOF integer AS
    $$
        SELECT 1;
    $$
    LANGUAGE 'sql' VOLATILE;

The calling code -

    Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
    Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("...");

    CallableStatement cs = con.prepareCall("{call cstest()}");
    cs.execute();

    System.out.println("update count - should be -1? " +
cs.getUpdateCount());

    ResultSet rs = cs.getResultSet();
    while(rs.next())
    {
        System.out.println(rs.getInt(1));
    }
    rs.close();
    cs.close();
    con.close();

The code works fine and returns the record correctly. My problem is the
getUpdateCount after the execute - from the java.sql.Statement
documentation "if the result is a ResultSet object or there are no more
results, -1 is returned". It actually comes back as 1. Is this a bug or
have I missed something?

I found this problem via Spring's
org.springframework.jdbc.object.StoredProcedure class - it doesn't find
any ResultSets because it relies on the value of getUpdateCount.

I'm running PostgreSQL 8.3.0 with postgresql-8.3-603.jdbc4.

Thanks in advance.

Sam.