[CONNECTORS-904] JDBC connector with MySQL does not convert metadata fields to a string form automatically

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: ManifoldCF 1.5
• Fix Version/s: ManifoldCF 1.6
• Component/s: JDBC connector
• Assignee: Karl Wright
• Reporter: Karl Wright
• Created: 27/Feb/14 09:19
• Updated: 27/Feb/14 09:25
• Resolved: 27/Feb/14 09:24

Description

MySQL's jdbc driver does not let casting change the return type of a column, so the conversion has to be done in the JDBC Connector code. Looks like we missed a spot, specifically metadata columns.