Quoting elein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Redirecting to the jdbc list... > > I'm a Java novice and I would like to be able to > use JDBC to get Points and Paths into a Java > program as native Java objects. Note that the > binary form of Paths is more than a simple array. > > I know how to do this in C, but getting the object > definition and reading the object into Java are > not in my scope. > > Right now, the only thing I can thing of is to > write a java export routine for the objects and > figure out how to make JDBC push it along. I am > getting conflicting info about whether java can > read byte wads into object--I think it needs > to extract the pieces and assign the attributes > individually. But I may be talking in circles here. Actually since 6.2 the JDBC driver supports & provides class equivalents of the geometric types. Check the jdbc source for org.postgresql.geometric.* You use the getObject()/setObject() methods to use them. Peter > > Examples, help and advice are very welcome. > > Thanks for your help, > > elein > > ----------------------------------- > Elein Mustain > NextBus Information Services, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (510)420-3120 > -- Peter Mount [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL JDBC Driver: http://www.retep.org.uk/postgres/ RetepPDF PDF library for Java: http://www.retep.org.uk/pdf/
