[racket] in-query problems

Hi all,

I'm using 6.0.1  and having problems trying to use  in-query.

First:   in-query  is the only function that can use cursors, but, 
unlike the other row returning functions (query, query-rows, 
query-maybe-row),  in-query  doesn't appear to understand Postgresql 
array fields - they are returned as "unreadable".  That's a significant 
problem for me:  I have a query that may return a large number - perhaps 
thousands - of rows which contain array fields.  I need to process those 
fields and insert derived information back into the database before 
passing on the results of the query to the caller.

I can work around it by getting a list of identifiers for matching rows 
from a separate query and then iterating the list fetching the rows 
separately using one of the query functions that works ... but even 
fetching in groups that will be a lot slower than keep a cursor open on 
a single query.


Second ... and this is just annoying ... it seems that, unlike the other 
row returning functions,  in-query  requires that the result columns be 
enumerated - i.e. you can't say "select * from ..." to retrieve 
arbitrary tuples.  That's inconvenient when you really want the whole 
record and even more so if the columns aren't known statically, which 
forces the SQL to be  assembled dynamically [never ideal, but necessary 
sometimes].  I don't have a dynamic situation here, but I have 
encountered them in the past.  This seems like a needless limitation.

Have either of these things changed in 6.1?

Thanks,
George