1 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSet.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSet.java
index 47939a48103..0a28f7eb3ed 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSet.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSet.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import java.sql.*;
 import org.postgresql.Field;
 import org.postgresql.largeobject.*;
 import org.postgresql.util.*;
+import org.postgresql.core.Encoding;
 
 /**
  * A ResultSet provides access to a table of data generated by executing a
@@ -154,26 +155,15 @@ public class ResultSet extends org.postgresql.ResultSet implements java.sql.Resu
    */
   public String getString(int columnIndex) throws SQLException
   {
-    //byte[] bytes = getBytes(columnIndex);
-    //
-    //if (bytes == null)
-    //return null;
-    //return new String(bytes);
     if (columnIndex < 1 || columnIndex > fields.length)
       throw new PSQLException("postgresql.res.colrange");
+
     wasNullFlag = (this_row[columnIndex - 1] == null);
     if(wasNullFlag)
       return null;
-    String encoding = connection.getEncoding();
-    if (encoding == null)
-        return new String(this_row[columnIndex - 1]);
-    else {
-        try {
-            return new String(this_row[columnIndex - 1], encoding);
-        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException unse) {
-            throw new PSQLException("postgresql.res.encoding", unse);
-        }
-    }
+
+    Encoding encoding = connection.getEncoding();
+    return encoding.decode(this_row[columnIndex - 1]);
   }
   
   /**