added code to deal with mariasql always returning strings

lib/dialects/mariadb/query.js

@@ -31,7 +31,22 @@ module.exports = (function() {
       .on('result', function(results) {
       .on('result', function(results) {
 
 
       results.on('row', function(row) {
       results.on('row', function(row) {
-          resultSet.push(row);
+          // iterate through each property to convert
+          // strings into JS objects when possible
+          for(var prop in row) {
+            // take care of properties that shouldn't be strings
+            if( row[prop] == null) {
+              continue; // don't mess with null
+            } else if( parseIso8601.call(this, row[prop]) ) {
+              // if string can be converted into a JS date, it probably
+              // is a JS date -- replace the string with the date
+              row[prop] = parseIso8601.call(this, row[prop])
+            } else if( !isNaN(row[prop]) ) {
+              // take care of strings that are really numbers
+              row[prop] = +(row[prop]);
+            } 
+          }
+          resultSet.push(row)
         })
         })
         .on('error', function(err) {
         .on('error', function(err) {
           errorDetected = true
           errorDetected = true
@@ -72,6 +87,67 @@ module.exports = (function() {
     return this
     return this
   }
   }
 
 
+  var parseIso8601 = function(CurDate) {
+    // note -- this function is borrowed from the following author
+    // Author: Jim Davis, The Depressed Press of Boston
+    // Library: DP_DateExtensions
+    // Website: www.depressedpress.com
+
+    // Check the input parameters
+  if ( typeof CurDate != "string" || CurDate == "" ) {
+    return null;
+  };
+    // Set the fragment expressions
+  var S = "[\\-/:.]";
+  var Yr = "((?:1[6-9]|[2-9][0-9])[0-9]{2})";
+  var Mo = S + "((?:1[012])|(?:0[1-9])|[1-9])";
+  var Dy = S + "((?:3[01])|(?:[12][0-9])|(?:0[1-9])|[1-9])";
+  var Hr = "(2[0-4]|[01]?[0-9])";
+  var Mn = S + "([0-5]?[0-9])";
+  var Sd = "(?:" + S + "([0-5]?[0-9])(?:[.,]([0-9]+))?)?";
+  var TZ = "(?:(Z)|(?:([\+\-])(1[012]|[0]?[0-9])(?::?([0-5]?[0-9]))?))?";
+    // RegEx the input
+    // First check: Just date parts (month and day are optional)
+    // Second check: Full date plus time (seconds, milliseconds and TimeZone info are optional)
+  var TF;
+  if ( TF = new RegExp("^" + Yr + "(?:" + Mo + "(?:" + Dy + ")?)?" + "$").exec(CurDate) ) {} else if ( TF = new RegExp("^" + Yr + Mo + Dy + "[Tt ]" + Hr + Mn + Sd + TZ + "$").exec(CurDate) ) {};
+    // If the date couldn't be parsed, return null
+  if ( !TF ) { return null };
+    // Default the Time Fragments if they're not present
+  if ( !TF[2] ) { TF[2] = 1 } else { TF[2] = TF[2] - 1 };
+  if ( !TF[3] ) { TF[3] = 1 };
+  if ( !TF[4] ) { TF[4] = 0 };
+  if ( !TF[5] ) { TF[5] = 0 };
+  if ( !TF[6] ) { TF[6] = 0 };
+  if ( !TF[7] ) { TF[7] = 0 };
+  if ( !TF[8] ) { TF[8] = null };
+  if ( TF[9] != "-" && TF[9] != "+" ) { TF[9] = null };
+  if ( !TF[10] ) { TF[10] = 0 } else { TF[10] = TF[9] + TF[10] };
+  if ( !TF[11] ) { TF[11] = 0 } else { TF[11] = TF[9] + TF[11] };
+    // If there's no timezone info the data is local time
+  if ( !TF[8] && !TF[9] ) {
+    return new Date(TF[1], TF[2], TF[3], TF[4], TF[5], TF[6], TF[7]);
+  };
+    // If the UTC indicator is set the date is UTC
+  if ( TF[8] == "Z" ) {
+    return new Date(Date.UTC(TF[1], TF[2], TF[3], TF[4], TF[5], TF[6], TF[7]));
+  };
+    // If the date has a timezone offset
+  if ( TF[9] == "-" || TF[9] == "+" ) {
+      // Get current Timezone information
+    var CurTZ = new Date().getTimezoneOffset();
+    var CurTZh = TF[10] - ((CurTZ >= 0 ? "-" : "+") + Math.floor(Math.abs(CurTZ) / 60))
+    var CurTZm = TF[11] - ((CurTZ >= 0 ? "-" : "+") + (Math.abs(CurTZ) % 60))
+      // Return the date
+    return new Date(TF[1], TF[2], TF[3], TF[4] - CurTZh, TF[5] - CurTZm, TF[6], TF[7]);
+  };
+    // If we've reached here we couldn't deal with the input, return null
+  return null;
+
+};
+
+
+
   return Query
   return Query
 })()
 })()