Merge pull request #356 from metabase/dont_barf

don't barf on fields of wacky types like uuid[]

src/metabase/driver/generic_sql/sync.clj

@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@
                         :table_id table-id
                         :name field-name
                         :base_type (or (*column->base-type* (keyword type-name))
-                                       (throw (Exception. (str "Column '" field-name "' has an unknown type: '" type-name
-                                                               "'. Please add the type mapping to corresponding driver (e.g. metabase.driver.postgres.sync).")))))))
+                                       (do (log/warn (str "Column '" field-name "' has an unknown type: '" type-name
+                                                          "'. Please add the type mapping to corresponding driver (e.g. metabase.driver.postgres.sync)."))
+                                           :UnknownField)))))
                   fields)))
     (catch Throwable e
       (log/error "Caught exception in sync-fields-create:" e))))

src/metabase/middleware/format.clj

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 ;; stringify Postgres binary objects (e.g. PostGIS geometries)
 (add-encoder org.postgresql.util.PGobject encode-str)
 
+;; Do the same for PG arrays
+(add-encoder org.postgresql.jdbc4.Jdbc4Array encode-str)
+
 ;; serialize sql dates (i.e., QueryProcessor results) like YYYY-MM-DD instead of as a full-blown timestamp
 (add-encoder java.sql.Date (fn [^java.sql.Date date ^com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator json-generator]
                              (.writeString json-generator (.toString date))))