RE: SrPersist and sql-c-char question

["Paul A. Steckler" <steck@cs.rice.edu>]

>In learning about SrPersist, I tried the following test. It all works except
>for the strange display of the strings (from the buffers). Each string is 80
>characters long, filled with (apparently) null characters, or the contenets
>of the previous buffer after the first null. Is there some way to "convert
>to scheme strings" so the display properly?

How large are the fields corresponding to the buffers in 
the database?  The bind-col procedure passes the buffer 
length to the ODBC driver.  I think if the length is 
too long, you may get junk in the buffers.

What does the actual output look like?

Also, Francisco Solsona discovered a GC bug related to buffers.
The scheme_malloc() call in addToBufferTable() in 
srpersist.cxx should be scheme_malloc_uncollectable().
I don't think that's the problem you're seeing, though.

-- Paul

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