From 9c060b8d60f14d930e5eadd7c9968ee2ba4f4131 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:06:22 -0800
Subject: database/sql: permit scanning into interface{}

See thread http://goo.gl/7zzzU for background.

R=rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5624051
---
 src/pkg/database/sql/sql.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/pkg/database/sql/sql.go')

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")
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