Re: [eclipselink-dev] Bug 292974 - failure in OrderedList tests dueto VA

["Andrei Ilitchev" <andrei.ilitchev@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Checked in the updated patch:
it uses the shortened version of the method name suggested by Dias: 
supportsAutoConversionToNumericForArithmeticOperations;
also fixes failures on TimeTen discovered by Praba.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dies Koper" <diesk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Dev mailing list for Eclipse Persistence Services" 
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Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [eclipselink-dev] Bug 292974 - failure in OrderedList tests 
dueto VARCHAR db field being used in arithmetic operations


> Hi Andrei,
>
> Thanks for preparing the patch so soon.
>
> I found the new method name a bit confusing.
>  convertsDatabaseFieldToNumericForArithmeticOperations()
>
> My first impression was that I would need to implement something in my 
> platform class to make it convert fields automatically.
>
> How about something like the following? (most other supportsXXX methods 
> are about what the database supports, not the platform class).
>
>  supportsAutoConversionOfDatabaseFieldToNumericForArithmeticOperations()
>
> My 2 cents.
> Thanks,
> Dies
>
>
> Andrei Ilitchev wrote:
> > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=292974
> >
> > The patch is ready, please send any feedback you may have.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andrei
>
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