remove unnecessary RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM in appendAscii calls

Convert code like:
    aStrBuf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ln(x)" ));
to:
    aStrBuf.append( "ln(x)" );
which compiles down to the same code.

Change-Id: I24c7cb45ceb32fd7cd6ec7ed203c2a5d746f1c5c

8 files changed, 104 insertions, 104 deletions

diff --git a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_array.cxx b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_array.cxx
index ca0d0ae50861..4f69d158c9cf 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_array.cxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_array.cxx
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ void Array::checkRange( sal_Int32 index, sal_Int32 count )
     if( index >= 1 && index -1 + count <= m_data.getLength() )
         return;
     OUStringBuffer buf;
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "Array::getArrayAtIndex(): allowed range for index + count " ) );
+    buf.append( "Array::getArrayAtIndex(): allowed range for index + count " );
     buf.append( m_data.getLength() );
-    buf.appendAscii( ", got " );
+    buf.append( ", got " );
     buf.append( index );
-    buf.appendAscii( " + " );
+    buf.append( " + " );
     buf.append( count );
 
     throw SQLException( buf.makeStringAndClear() , *this, OUString(), 1, Any());
diff --git a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_databasemetadata.cxx b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_databasemetadata.cxx
index 69d764427945..9a502a07e7e4 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_databasemetadata.cxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_databasemetadata.cxx
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ static void columnMetaData2DatabaseTypeDescription(
     Reference< XRow > row( rs, UNO_QUERY_THROW );
     int domains = 0;
     OUStringBuffer queryBuf(128);
-    queryBuf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "SELECT oid,typtype,typname FROM pg_TYPE WHERE " ) );
+    queryBuf.append( "SELECT oid,typtype,typname FROM pg_TYPE WHERE " );
     while( rs->next() )
     {
         if( row->getString( 9 ) == "d" && oidMap.find( row->getInt( 12 ) ) == oidMap.end() )
diff --git a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_statement.cxx b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_statement.cxx
index f8e25652eb97..47697d1990f5 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_statement.cxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_statement.cxx
@@ -749,12 +749,12 @@ Reference< XResultSet > getGeneratedValuesFromLastInsert(
     if( nLastOid && lastTableInserted.getLength() )
     {
         OUStringBuffer buf( 128 );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "SELECT * FROM " ) );
+        buf.append( "SELECT * FROM " );
         if( schemaName.getLength() )
             bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier(buf, schemaName, tableName, pConnectionSettings );
         else
             bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, lastTableInserted, pConnectionSettings );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " WHERE oid = " ) );
+        buf.append( " WHERE oid = " );
         buf.append( nLastOid , 10 );
         query = buf.makeStringAndClear();
     }
@@ -786,9 +786,9 @@ Reference< XResultSet > getGeneratedValuesFromLastInsert(
         if( keyColumnNames.getLength() )
         {
             OUStringBuffer buf( 128 );
-            buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "SELECT * FROM " ) );
+            buf.append( "SELECT * FROM " );
             bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier(buf, schemaName, tableName, pConnectionSettings );
-            buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " WHERE " ) );
+            buf.append( " WHERE " );
             bool additionalCondition = false;
             String2StringMap autoValues;
             for( int i = 0 ; i < keyColumnNames.getLength() ; i ++ )
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ Reference< XResultSet > getGeneratedValuesFromLastInsert(
                             {
                                 // retrieve current sequence value:
                                 OUStringBuffer myBuf(128 );
-                                myBuf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "SELECT currval(" ) );
+                                myBuf.append( "SELECT currval(" );
                                 myBuf.appendAscii( &(j->second.getStr()[8]));
                                 value = querySingleValue( connection, myBuf.makeStringAndClear() );
                             }
@@ -846,9 +846,9 @@ Reference< XResultSet > getGeneratedValuesFromLastInsert(
                 }
 
                 if( additionalCondition )
-                    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " AND " ) );
+                    buf.append( " AND " );
                 bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, keyColumnNames[i], pConnectionSettings );
-                buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " = " ) );
+                buf.append( " = " );
                 buf.append( value );
                 additionalCondition = true;
             }
diff --git a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_tools.cxx b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_tools.cxx
index ed7e514073c8..2b979b0240ae 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_tools.cxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_tools.cxx
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ OUString concatQualified( const OUString & a, const OUString &b)
 {
     OUStringBuffer buf( a.getLength() + 2 + b.getLength() );
     buf.append( a );
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "." ) );
+    buf.append( "." );
     buf.append( b );
     return buf.makeStringAndClear();
 }
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ void bufferEscapeConstant( OUStringBuffer & buf, const OUString & value, Connect
 
 static inline void ibufferQuoteConstant( OUStringBuffer & buf, const OUString & value, ConnectionSettings *settings )
 {
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "'" ) );
+    buf.append( "'" );
     bufferEscapeConstant( buf, value, settings );
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "'" ) );
+    buf.append( "'" );
 }
 
 void bufferQuoteConstant( OUStringBuffer & buf, const OUString & value, ConnectionSettings *settings )
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void bufferQuoteAnyConstant( OUStringBuffer & buf, const Any &val, ConnectionSet
         bufferQuoteConstant( buf, str, settings );
     }
     else
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "NULL" ) );
+        buf.append( "NULL" );
 }
 
 static inline void ibufferQuoteIdentifier( OUStringBuffer & buf, const OUString &toQuote, ConnectionSettings *settings )
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier(
     OUStringBuffer & buf, const OUString &schema, const OUString &table, ConnectionSettings *settings )
 {
     ibufferQuoteIdentifier(buf, schema, settings);
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "." ) );
+    buf.append( "." );
     ibufferQuoteIdentifier(buf, table, settings);
 }
 
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ void bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier(
     ConnectionSettings *settings)
 {
     ibufferQuoteIdentifier(buf, schema, settings);
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "." ) );
+    buf.append( "." );
     ibufferQuoteIdentifier(buf, table, settings);
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "." ) );
+    buf.append( "." );
     ibufferQuoteIdentifier(buf, col, settings);
 }
 
@@ -575,28 +575,28 @@ OUString array2String( const com::sun::star::uno::Sequence< Any > &seq )
 {
     OUStringBuffer buf(128);
     int len = seq.getLength();
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "{" ) );
+    buf.append( "{" );
     for( int i = 0 ; i < len ; i ++ )
     {
         OUString element;
         seq[i] >>= element;
 
         if( i > 0 )
-            buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(",") );
+            buf.append( "," );
         int strLength = element.getLength();
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "\"") );
+        buf.append( "\"" );
         for( int j = 0 ; j < strLength ; j ++ )
         {
             sal_Unicode c = element[j];
             if( c == '\\' || c == '"' || c == '{' || c == '}' )
             {
-                buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "\\" ) );
+                buf.append( "\\" );
             }
             buf.append( c );
         }
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "\"" ) );
+        buf.append( "\"" );
     }
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "}" ) );
+    buf.append( "}" );
     return buf.makeStringAndClear();
 }
 
@@ -932,19 +932,19 @@ OUString sqltype2string( const Reference< XPropertySet > & desc )
         case com::sun::star::sdbc::DataType::VARCHAR:
         case com::sun::star::sdbc::DataType::CHAR:
         {
-            typeName.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "(" ) );
+            typeName.append( "(" );
             typeName.append( precision );
-            typeName.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( ")" ) );
+            typeName.append( ")" );
             break;
         }
         case com::sun::star::sdbc::DataType::DECIMAL:
         case com::sun::star::sdbc::DataType::NUMERIC:
         {
-            typeName.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "(" ) );
+            typeName.append( "(" );
             typeName.append( precision );
-            typeName.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "," ) );
+            typeName.append( "," );
             typeName.append( extractIntProperty( desc, getStatics().SCALE ) );
-            typeName.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( ")" ) );
+            typeName.append( ")" );
             break;
         }
         default:
@@ -961,23 +961,23 @@ static void keyType2String( OUStringBuffer & buf, sal_Int32 keyType )
 {
     if( com::sun::star::sdbc::KeyRule::CASCADE == keyType )
     {
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "CASCADE " ) );
+        buf.append( "CASCADE " );
     }
     else if( com::sun::star::sdbc::KeyRule::RESTRICT  == keyType )
     {
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "RESTRICT " ) );
+        buf.append( "RESTRICT " );
     }
     else if( com::sun::star::sdbc::KeyRule::SET_DEFAULT  == keyType )
     {
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "SET DEFAULT " ) );
+        buf.append( "SET DEFAULT " );
     }
     else if( com::sun::star::sdbc::KeyRule::SET_NULL  == keyType )
     {
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "SET NULL " ) );
+        buf.append( "SET NULL " );
     }
     else //if( com::sun::star::sdbc::KeyRule::NO_ACTION == keyType )
     {
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "NO ACTION " ) );
+        buf.append( "NO ACTION " );
     }
 }
 
@@ -992,16 +992,16 @@ void bufferKey2TableConstraint(
     bool foreign = false;
     if( type == com::sun::star::sdbcx::KeyType::UNIQUE )
     {
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "UNIQUE( " ) );
+        buf.append( "UNIQUE( " );
     }
     else if( type == com::sun::star::sdbcx::KeyType::PRIMARY )
     {
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "PRIMARY KEY( " ) );
+        buf.append( "PRIMARY KEY( " );
     }
     else if( type == com::sun::star::sdbcx::KeyType::FOREIGN )
     {
         foreign = true;
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "FOREIGN KEY( " ) );
+        buf.append( "FOREIGN KEY( " );
     }
 
     Reference< XColumnsSupplier > columns( key, UNO_QUERY );
@@ -1020,18 +1020,18 @@ void bufferKey2TableConstraint(
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( ", " ) );
+                    buf.append( ", " );
                 }
                 Reference< XPropertySet > keyColumn( colEnum->nextElement(), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
                 bufferQuoteIdentifier(buf, extractStringProperty( keyColumn, st.NAME ), settings );
             }
         }
     }
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( ") " ));
+    buf.append( ") " );
 
     if( foreign )
     {
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "REFERENCES " ) );
+        buf.append( "REFERENCES " );
         OUString schema;
         OUString tableName;
         splitConcatenatedIdentifier( referencedTable, &schema, &tableName );
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ void bufferKey2TableConstraint(
             Reference< XEnumerationAccess > colEnumAccess( columns->getColumns(), UNO_QUERY);
             if( colEnumAccess.is() )
             {
-                buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " (" ) );
+                buf.append( " (" );
                 Reference< XEnumeration > colEnum(colEnumAccess->createEnumeration());
                 bool first = true;
                 while(colEnum.is() && colEnum->hasMoreElements() )
@@ -1052,19 +1052,19 @@ void bufferKey2TableConstraint(
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( ", " ) );
+                        buf.append( ", " );
                     }
                     Reference< XPropertySet > keyColumn( colEnum->nextElement(), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
                     bufferQuoteIdentifier(
                                           buf, extractStringProperty( keyColumn, st.RELATED_COLUMN ), settings );
                 }
-                buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( ") " ) );
+                buf.append( ") " );
             }
         }
 
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ON DELETE " ) );
+        buf.append( "ON DELETE " );
         keyType2String( buf, deleteRule );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " ON UPDATE " ) );
+        buf.append( " ON UPDATE " );
         keyType2String( buf, updateRule );
     }
 
diff --git a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_updateableresultset.cxx b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_updateableresultset.cxx
index b0d1c74a5629..f105d5c7d9bc 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_updateableresultset.cxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_updateableresultset.cxx
@@ -189,14 +189,14 @@ OUString UpdateableResultSet::buildWhereClause()
     if( m_primaryKey.getLength() )
     {
         OUStringBuffer buf( 128 );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " WHERE " ) );
+        buf.append( " WHERE " );
         for( int i = 0 ; i < m_primaryKey.getLength() ; i ++ )
         {
             if( i > 0 )
-                buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " AND " ) );
+                buf.append( " AND " );
             sal_Int32 index = findColumn( m_primaryKey[i] );
             bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, m_primaryKey[i], *m_ppSettings );
-            buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " = " ) );
+            buf.append( " = " );
             bufferQuoteConstant( buf, getString( index ), *m_ppSettings );
         }
         ret = buf.makeStringAndClear();
@@ -218,9 +218,9 @@ void UpdateableResultSet::insertRow(  ) throw (SQLException, RuntimeException)
             *this, OUString(), 1, Any() );
 
     OUStringBuffer buf( 128 );
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "INSERT INTO " ) );
+    buf.append( "INSERT INTO " );
     bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, m_schema, m_table, *m_ppSettings );
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " ( " ) );
+    buf.append( " ( " );
 
     int columns = 0;
     for( UpdateableFieldVector::size_type i = 0 ; i < m_updateableField.size() ; i++ )
@@ -228,12 +228,12 @@ void UpdateableResultSet::insertRow(  ) throw (SQLException, RuntimeException)
         if( m_updateableField[i].isTouched )
         {
             if( columns > 0 )
-                buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( ", " ) );
+                buf.append( ", " );
             columns ++;
             bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, m_columnNames[i], *m_ppSettings);
         }
     }
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " ) VALUES ( " ) );
+    buf.append( " ) VALUES ( " );
 
     columns = 0;
     for( UpdateableFieldVector::size_type i = 0 ; i < m_updateableField.size() ; i ++ )
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ void UpdateableResultSet::insertRow(  ) throw (SQLException, RuntimeException)
         if( m_updateableField[i].isTouched )
         {
             if( columns > 0 )
-                buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " , " ) );
+                buf.append( " , " );
             columns ++;
             bufferQuoteAnyConstant( buf, m_updateableField[i].value, *m_ppSettings );
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void UpdateableResultSet::insertRow(  ) throw (SQLException, RuntimeException)
         }
     }
 
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " )" ) );
+    buf.append( " )" );
 
     Reference< XStatement > stmt =
         extractConnectionFromStatement(m_owner)->createStatement();
@@ -312,9 +312,9 @@ void UpdateableResultSet::updateRow(  ) throw (SQLException, RuntimeException)
             *this, OUString(), 1, Any() );
 
     OUStringBuffer buf( 128 );
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "UPDATE " ) );
+    buf.append( "UPDATE " );
     bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, m_schema, m_table, *m_ppSettings );
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "SET " ) );
+    buf.append( "SET " );
 
     int columns = 0;
     for( UpdateableFieldVector::size_type i = 0; i < m_updateableField.size() ; i ++ )
@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@ void UpdateableResultSet::updateRow(  ) throw (SQLException, RuntimeException)
         if( m_updateableField[i].isTouched )
         {
             if( columns > 0 )
-                buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( ", " ) );
+                buf.append( ", " );
             columns ++;
 
             buf.append( m_columnNames[i] );
-            buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" = " ) );
+            buf.append( " = " );
             bufferQuoteAnyConstant( buf, m_updateableField[i].value, *m_ppSettings );
 //             OUString val;
 //             m_updateableField[i].value >>= val;
diff --git a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xcolumns.cxx b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xcolumns.cxx
index c1f2d4e14cc6..a3dccb4fc55f 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xcolumns.cxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xcolumns.cxx
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ OUString columnMetaData2SDBCX(
 //         OUStringBuffer buf( 128 );
 //         OUString comment;
 //         evt.NewValue >>= comment;
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "COMMENT ON COLUMN" ) );
+//         buf.append( "COMMENT ON COLUMN" );
 //         bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, m_schema, m_table , m_column );
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "IS " ) );
+//         buf.append( "IS " );
 //         bufferQuoteConstant( buf, comment,m_pSettings->encoding);
 
 //         printf( "changing comment of column %s to %s\n",
@@ -362,11 +362,11 @@ void alterColumnByDescriptor(
 //         past->getPropertyValue( st.SCHEMA_NAME ) != future->getPropertyValue( st.SCHEMA_NAME ))
 //     {
 //         OUStringBuffer buf(128);
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "Can't move column " ) );
+//         buf.append( "Can't move column " );
 //         buf.append( extractStringProperty( past, st.COLUMN_NAME ) );
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " from table " ) );
+//         buf.append( " from table " );
 //         buf.append( extractStringProperty( past, st.TABLE_NAME ) );
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " to table " ) );
+//         buf.append( " to table " );
 //         buf.append( extractStringProperty( past, st.TABLE_NAME ) );
 //         throw SQLException( buf.makeStringAndClear(), Reference< XInterface > () );
 //     }
@@ -384,9 +384,9 @@ void alterColumnByDescriptor(
     if( ! pastColumnName.getLength())
     {
         // create a new column
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER TABLE" ) );
+        buf.append( "ALTER TABLE" );
         bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, schemaName, tableName, settings );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ADD COLUMN" ) );
+        buf.append( "ADD COLUMN" );
         bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, futureColumnName, settings );
         buf.append( futureTypeName );
         transaction.executeUpdate( buf.makeStringAndClear() );
@@ -402,11 +402,11 @@ void alterColumnByDescriptor(
 
         if( pastColumnName != futureColumnName )
         {
-            buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER TABLE" ) );
+            buf.append( "ALTER TABLE" );
             bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, schemaName, tableName, settings );
-            buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "RENAME COLUMN" ) );
+            buf.append( "RENAME COLUMN" );
             bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, pastColumnName, settings );
-            buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "TO" ) );
+            buf.append( "TO" );
             bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, futureColumnName, settings );
             transaction.executeUpdate( buf.makeStringAndClear() );
         }
@@ -417,11 +417,11 @@ void alterColumnByDescriptor(
     if( futureDefaultValue != pastDefaultValue )
     {
         buf = OUStringBuffer( 128 );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER TABLE" ) );
+        buf.append( "ALTER TABLE" );
         bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, schemaName, tableName, settings );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER COLUMN" ) );
+        buf.append( "ALTER COLUMN" );
         bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, futureColumnName, settings );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "SET DEFAULT " ) );
+        buf.append( "SET DEFAULT " );
         // LEM TODO: check out
         // default value is not quoted, caller needs to quote himself (otherwise
         // how to pass e.g. nextval('something' ) ????
@@ -435,19 +435,19 @@ void alterColumnByDescriptor(
     if( futureNullable != pastNullable )
     {
         buf = OUStringBuffer( 128 );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER TABLE" ) );
+        buf.append( "ALTER TABLE" );
         bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, schemaName, tableName, settings );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER COLUMN" ) );
+        buf.append( "ALTER COLUMN" );
         bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, futureColumnName, settings );
         if( futureNullable == com::sun::star::sdbc::ColumnValue::NO_NULLS )
         {
-            buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "SET" ) );
+            buf.append( "SET" );
         }
         else
         {
-            buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "DROP" ) );
+            buf.append( "DROP" );
         }
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " NOT NULL" ) );
+        buf.append( " NOT NULL" );
         transaction.executeUpdate( buf.makeStringAndClear() );
     }
 
@@ -462,9 +462,9 @@ void alterColumnByDescriptor(
     if( futureComment != pastComment )
     {
         buf = OUStringBuffer( 128 );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "COMMENT ON COLUMN" ) );
+        buf.append( "COMMENT ON COLUMN" );
         bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, schemaName, tableName , futureColumnName, settings );
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "IS " ) );
+        buf.append( "IS " );
         bufferQuoteConstant( buf, futureComment, settings );
         transaction.executeUpdate( buf.makeStringAndClear() );
     }
diff --git a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xindexes.cxx b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xindexes.cxx
index 5366230e46b0..5393b480da1c 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xindexes.cxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xindexes.cxx
@@ -209,15 +209,15 @@ void Indexes::appendByDescriptor(
 
     OUStringBuffer buf( 128 );
 
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "CREATE " ) );
+    buf.append( "CREATE " );
     if( isUnique )
-        buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "UNIQUE " ) );
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "INDEX " ) );
+        buf.append( "UNIQUE " );
+    buf.append( "INDEX " );
     bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, name, m_pSettings );
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " ON " ) );
+    buf.append( " ON " );
     bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, m_schemaName, m_tableName, m_pSettings );
 
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " ( " ) );
+    buf.append( " ( " );
 
     Reference< XColumnsSupplier > columns( descriptor, UNO_QUERY );
     if( columns.is() )
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ void Indexes::appendByDescriptor(
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( ", " ) );
+                    buf.append( ", " );
                 }
                 buf.append( extractStringProperty( column, st.NAME ) );
             }
         }
     }
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " ) " ) );
+    buf.append( " ) " );
 
     m_origin->createStatement()->executeUpdate( buf.makeStringAndClear() );
     refresh();
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ void Indexes::dropByIndex( sal_Int32 index )
     Statics &st = getStatics();
 
     OUStringBuffer buf( 128 );
-    buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "DROP INDEX " ) );
+    buf.append( "DROP INDEX " );
     bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, extractStringProperty( set, st.NAME ), m_pSettings );
     m_origin->createStatement()->executeUpdate( buf.makeStringAndClear() );
 
diff --git a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xkeycolumns.cxx b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xkeycolumns.cxx
index 4e062df79cc0..406b9b6e5425 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xkeycolumns.cxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/drivers/postgresql/pq_xkeycolumns.cxx
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ void KeyColumns::refresh()
 // //         past->getPropertyValue( st.SCHEMA_NAME ) != future->getPropertyValue( st.SCHEMA_NAME ))
 // //     {
 // //         OUStringBuffer buf(128);
-// //         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "Can't move column " ) );
+// //         buf.append( "Can't move column " );
 // //         buf.append( extractStringProperty( past, st.COLUMN_NAME ) );
-// //         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " from table " ) );
+// //         buf.append( " from table " );
 // //         buf.append( extractStringProperty( past, st.TABLE_NAME ) );
-// //         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " to table " ) );
+// //         buf.append( " to table " );
 // //         buf.append( extractStringProperty( past, st.TABLE_NAME ) );
 // //         throw SQLException( buf.makeStringAndClear(), Reference< XInterface > () );
 // //     }
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ void KeyColumns::refresh()
 //     if( ! pastColumnName.getLength())
 //     {
 //         // create a new column
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER TABLE" ) );
+//         buf.append( "ALTER TABLE" );
 //         bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, schemaName, tableName );
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ADD COLUMN" ) );
+//         buf.append( "ADD COLUMN" );
 //         bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, futureColumnName );
 //         buf.append( futureTypeName );
 //         transaction.executeUpdate( buf.makeStringAndClear() );
@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@ void KeyColumns::refresh()
 
 //         if( pastColumnName != futureColumnName )
 //         {
-//             buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER TABLE" ) );
+//             buf.append( "ALTER TABLE" );
 //             bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, schemaName, tableName );
-//             buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "RENAME COLUMN" ) );
+//             buf.append( "RENAME COLUMN" );
 //             bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, pastColumnName );
-//             buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "TO" ) );
+//             buf.append( "TO" );
 //             bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, futureColumnName );
 //             transaction.executeUpdate( buf.makeStringAndClear() );
 //         }
@@ -238,11 +238,11 @@ void KeyColumns::refresh()
 //     if( futureDefaultValue != pastDefaultValue )
 //     {
 //         buf = OUStringBuffer( 128 );
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER TABLE" ) );
+//         buf.append( "ALTER TABLE" );
 //         bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, schemaName, tableName );
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER COLUMN" ) );
+//         buf.append( "ALTER COLUMN" );
 //         bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, futureColumnName );
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "SET DEFAULT " ) );
+//         buf.append( "SET DEFAULT " );
 //         // default value is not quoted, caller needs to quote himself (otherwise
 //         // how to pass e.g. nextval('something' ) ????
 //         buf.append( futureDefaultValue );
@@ -255,19 +255,19 @@ void KeyColumns::refresh()
 //     if( futureNullable != pastNullable )
 //     {
 //         buf = OUStringBuffer( 128 );
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER TABLE" ) );
+//         buf.append( "ALTER TABLE" );
 //         bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, schemaName, tableName );
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "ALTER COLUMN" ) );
+//         buf.append( "ALTER COLUMN" );
 //         bufferQuoteIdentifier( buf, futureColumnName );
 //         if( futureNullable == com::sun::star::sdbc::ColumnValue::NO_NULLS )
 //         {
-//             buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "SET" ) );
+//             buf.append( "SET" );
 //         }
 //         else
 //         {
-//             buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "DROP" ) );
+//             buf.append( "DROP" );
 //         }
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( " NOT NULL" ) );
+//         buf.append( " NOT NULL" );
 //         transaction.executeUpdate( buf.makeStringAndClear() );
 //     }
 
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ void KeyColumns::refresh()
 //     if( futureComment != pastComment )
 //     {
 //         buf = OUStringBuffer( 128 );
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "COMMENT ON COLUMN" ) );
+//         buf.append( "COMMENT ON COLUMN" );
 //         bufferQuoteQualifiedIdentifier( buf, schemaName, tableName , futureColumnName );
-//         buf.appendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "IS " ) );
+//         buf.append( "IS " );
 //         bufferQuoteConstant( buf, futureComment,encoding);
 //         transaction.executeUpdate( buf.makeStringAndClear() );
 //     }