3 files changed, 13 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/mysql/types/driver.cxx b/mysql/types/driver.cxx
index 6625adf..f397084 100644
--- a/mysql/types/driver.cxx
+++ b/mysql/types/driver.cxx
@@ -54,24 +54,25 @@ main (int argc, char* argv[])
     o.year_ = 2010;
 
     string short_str (128, 's');
-    buffer short_buf (short_str.c_str (), short_str.size ());
     string medium_str (250, 'm');
-    buffer medium_buf (medium_str.c_str (), medium_str.size ());
     string long_str (2040, 'l');
-    buffer long_buf (long_str.c_str (), long_str.size ());
+
+    const char* sb (short_str.c_str ()), *se (sb + short_str.size ());
+    const char* mb (medium_str.c_str ()), *me (mb + medium_str.size ());
+    const char* lb (long_str.c_str ()), *le (lb + long_str.size ());
 
     o.char_ = short_str;
-    o.binary_ = short_buf;
+    o.binary_.assign (sb, se);
     o.varchar_ = medium_str;
-    o.varbinary_ = medium_buf;
+    o.varbinary_.assign (mb, me);
     o.tinytext_ = short_str;
-    o.tinyblob_ = short_buf;
+    o.tinyblob_.assign (sb, se);
     o.text_ = long_str;
-    o.blob_ = long_buf;
+    o.blob_.assign (lb, le);
     o.mediumtext_ = long_str;
-    o.mediumblob_ = long_buf;
+    o.mediumblob_.assign (lb, le);
     o.longtext_ = long_str;
-    o.longblob_ = long_buf;
+    o.longblob_.assign (lb, le);
 
     o.bit_.a = 1;
     o.bit_.b = 0;
diff --git a/mysql/types/test.hxx b/mysql/types/test.hxx
index 209782e..1f6b771 100644
--- a/mysql/types/test.hxx
+++ b/mysql/types/test.hxx
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
 
 #include <set>
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 #include <memory>  // std::auto_ptr
 
 #include <odb/core.hxx>
 
-#include <common/buffer.hxx>
+typedef std::vector<char> buffer;
 
 struct date_time
 {
diff --git a/mysql/types/traits.hxx b/mysql/types/traits.hxx
index 2698afc..09d50a1 100644
--- a/mysql/types/traits.hxx
+++ b/mysql/types/traits.hxx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <odb/mysql/traits.hxx>
 
-#include "test.hxx" // date_time, buffer, string_ptr
+#include "test.hxx" // date_time, string_ptr
 
 namespace odb
 {
@@ -57,43 +57,6 @@ namespace odb
     };
 
     template <>
-    class value_traits<buffer, id_blob>
-    {
-    public:
-      typedef buffer value_type;
-      typedef buffer query_type;
-      typedef details::buffer image_type;
-
-      static void
-      set_value (buffer& v,
-                 const details::buffer& b,
-                 std::size_t n,
-                 bool is_null)
-      {
-        if (!is_null)
-          v.assign (b.data (), n);
-        else
-          v.assign (0, 0);
-      }
-
-      static void
-      set_image (details::buffer& b,
-                 std::size_t& n,
-                 bool& is_null,
-                 const buffer& v)
-      {
-        is_null = false;
-        n = v.size ();
-
-        if (n > b.capacity ())
-          b.capacity (n);
-
-        if (n != 0)
-          std::memcpy (b.data (), v.data (), n);
-      }
-    };
-
-    template <>
     class value_traits<bitfield, id_bit>
     {
     public: