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Re: Number datatype being shown as a ftBCD

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From: John Z Fields
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:54
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I don't think so. I just now saw the same problem with a Sybase server.
Oddly, I am now also getting ftBCD returned for floats as well.

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JOHN FIELDS
"Tharun Pillay" <tharun@webmail.co.za> wrote in message
news:3ed45ba6@newsgroups.borland.com...
> I've noticed somthing similar with MSSQL returning a datetime from a
view -
> unfortunatly, I have no solution for you as I to am working on it. It
> wondering whether it's a driver related issue...?
>
> Tharun.
>
>
> "John Z Fields" <jfields@wrsystems.com> wrote in message
> news:3ed37f8c$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> > Hi all. I have a column defined as Number(10) in an Oracle 9i table.
After
> > retrieving a dataset from this table, the Oracle ADO provider identifies
> the
> > column as ftBCD with size 0, which is correct cause it is a whole
number,
> > but datasize 33, which is incorrect. Please advise if you have
encountered
> a
> > similar situation. I need to know that it is a number 10 column so that
I
> > can set maxlength on the control to 10.
> >
> > thanks much.
> >
> > --
> > JOHN FIELDS
> >
> >
>
>
>
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