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Article #2480Re: Number datatype being shown as a ftBCD
From: John Z Fields
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:54
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. -- 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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