At 01:58 14/11/00 -0500, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org wrote:
>Paul M. Aoki (aoki@acm.org) reports a bug with a severity of 3
>The lower the number the more severe it is.
>
>Short Description
>no way in LargeObject API to detect short read?
>
>Long Description
>org.postgresql.largeobject.LargeObject.read(byte[],int,int) returns void
>instead of int. there's therefore no reliable, non-exceptional way to
>detect short reads.
>
>the natural way to write blocked-read loops would be to assume that
>read(byte[],int,int) returned the number of bytes read or (e.g.) -1 on EOF.
>
>Sample Code
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>
>No file was uploaded with this report
This method now returns the number of bytes read. It will be in CVS by
0900GMT tomorrow.
Peter
