It sounds like a buggy driver. If that's the case, maybe the patch could
be directed toward the dialect. If it requires modifying the dialect
interface, its a bit more serious and could require an update to the
dialect interface. However, perhaps you could raise an issue with the
driver maintainers to correct what seems like a faulty driver
implementation ?
Rob
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Thomas Lenarz <tom...@ne...>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Recently I filed a bug concerning SQuirreL not displaying any data
> within the contents tab using an old Sybase SQL Anywhere Database:
>
> #1148 Not Data in Contents Tab using Sybase SQL Anywhere 5.5.04
>
> By debugging I discovered that SQuirreL tries to get the metadata for
> defaultValue, octetLength, ordinalPosition and isNullable. Access to
> corresponding data within the Metadata causes Exceptions, which are
> swallowed by a finally-clause and are not caught.
>
> For testing purposes I created a patch. It suppresses access to the
> metadata-fields, causing the problem. The patch does only apply for a
> Database of Dialect-Sybase.
>
> This patch actually does solve the problem within our environment.
> However, I suppose it might not be general enough as more modern
> versions of SQL Anywhere probably do not suffer that problem.
>
> I am wondering how to bring this issue forward. Should I add my
> patch-files within the Sourceforge Patches section additionally to the
> ones in the Bug-Section?
>
> Are there opinions or suggestions for a better, more general solution?
> I there are I would volunteer to implement it.
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Thomas
>
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