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authorBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>2012-02-06 10:06:22 -0800
committerBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>2012-02-06 10:06:22 -0800
commit9c060b8d60f14d930e5eadd7c9968ee2ba4f4131 (patch)
tree64c82ef25c9a16460d64a64f60d835dbcff93044 /src/pkg/database/sql/sql.go
parent6392b43a1583f5ccf5a3f7c38f096e8dd5403b0d (diff)
downloadgo-9c060b8d60f14d930e5eadd7c9968ee2ba4f4131.tar.xz
database/sql: permit scanning into interface{}
See thread http://goo.gl/7zzzU for background. R=rsc CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/5624051
Diffstat (limited to 'src/pkg/database/sql/sql.go')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/database/sql/sql.go b/src/pkg/database/sql/sql.go
index 34a7652105..436d4953ec 100644
--- a/src/pkg/database/sql/sql.go
+++ b/src/pkg/database/sql/sql.go
@@ -880,6 +880,10 @@ func (rs *Rows) Columns() ([]string, error) {
// be modified and held indefinitely. The copy can be avoided by using
// an argument of type *RawBytes instead; see the documentation for
// RawBytes for restrictions on its use.
+//
+// If an argument has type *interface{}, Scan copies the value
+// provided by the underlying driver without conversion. If the value
+// is of type []byte, a copy is made and the caller owns the result.
func (rs *Rows) Scan(dest ...interface{}) error {
if rs.closed {
return errors.New("sql: Rows closed")