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+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * Copyright 1997 - July 2008 CWI, August 2008 - 2016 MonetDB B.V.
+ */
+
+import java.sql.*;
+
+public class Test_PStypes {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+		Class.forName("nl.cwi.monetdb.jdbc.MonetDriver");
+		Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(args[0]);
+		Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
+		PreparedStatement pstmt;
+		//ResultSet rs = null;
+		//DatabaseMetaData dbmd = con.getMetaData();
+
+		con.setAutoCommit(false);
+		// >> false: auto commit was just switched off
+		System.out.println("0. false\t" + con.getAutoCommit());
+
+		try {
+			stmt.executeUpdate(
+"CREATE TABLE htmtest (" +
+"       htmid    bigint       NOT NULL," +
+"       ra       double ," +
+"       decl     double ," +
+"       dra      double ," +
+"       ddecl    double ," +
+"       flux     double ," +
+"       dflux    double ," +
+"       freq     double ," +
+"       bw       double ," +
+"       type     decimal(1,0)," +
+"       imageurl varchar(100)," +
+"       comment  varchar(100)," +
+"       CONSTRAINT htmtest_htmid_pkey PRIMARY KEY (htmid)" +
+")"
+);
+			// index is not used, but the original bug had it too
+			stmt.executeUpdate("CREATE INDEX htmid ON htmtest (htmid)");
+		} catch (SQLException e) {
+			System.out.println(e);
+			System.out.println("Creation of test table failed! :(");
+			System.out.println("ABORTING TEST!!!");
+			System.exit(-1);
+		}
+
+		try {
+			pstmt = con.prepareStatement(
+"INSERT INTO HTMTEST (HTMID,RA,DECL,FLUX,COMMENT) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)"
+);
+			System.out.print("1. inserting a record...");
+
+			pstmt.setLong(1, 1L);
+			pstmt.setFloat(2, (float)1.2);
+			pstmt.setDouble(3, 2.4);
+			pstmt.setDouble(4, 3.2);
+			pstmt.setString(5, "vlavbla");
+			pstmt.executeUpdate();
+
+			System.out.println("success :)");
+
+			// try an update like bug #1757923
+			pstmt = con.prepareStatement(
+"UPDATE HTMTEST set COMMENT=?, TYPE=? WHERE HTMID=?"
+);
+			System.out.print("2. updating record...");
+
+			pstmt.setString(1, "some update");
+			pstmt.setObject(2, (float)3.2);
+			pstmt.setLong(3, 1L);
+			pstmt.executeUpdate();
+
+			System.out.println("success :)");
+		} catch (SQLException e) {
+			System.out.println("FAILED :( "+ e.getMessage());
+			System.out.println("ABORTING TEST!!!");
+		}
+
+		con.rollback();
+		con.close();
+	}
+}