'::' is no longer interpreted as a variable in a prepare statement.

src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog

@@ -1864,6 +1864,11 @@ Mon Sep 27 11:05:49 CEST 2004
 
 	- Synced parser.
 	- Removed Oracle transaction syntax to fix shift/reduce error.
+	
+Tue Oct  5 12:45:48 CEST 2004
+
+	- '::' is no longer interpreted as a variable in a prepare statement.
+	  Added patch by Daniel Verite to fix this.
 	- Set ecpg version to 3.2.0.
 	- Set compat library version to 1.2.
 	- Set ecpg library version to 4.2.

src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/prepare.c

-/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/prepare.c,v 1.12 2004/05/21 13:50:12 meskes Exp $ */
+/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/prepare.c,v 1.13 2004/10/05 10:48:37 meskes Exp $ */
 
 #define POSTGRES_ECPG_INTERNAL
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
@@ -45,12 +45,17 @@ replace_variables(char *text)
 			string = string ? false : true;
 
 		if (!string && *ptr == ':')
+		{
+			if (ptr[1]==':')
+				ptr+=2; /* skip  '::' */
+		        else
 			{
 				*ptr = '?';
 				for (++ptr; *ptr && isvarchar(*ptr); ptr++)
 					*ptr = ' ';
 			}
 		}
+	}
 }
 
 /* handle the EXEC SQL PREPARE statement */