Well, altho not a bug (actually i think its a fix), the change of the behaviour should be listed in JDBC changes in the pgsql4.1 README file.
(Its the first time i actually read every single line of the README and i failed to locate the point that was supposed to give me trouble). -- -Achilleus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match