Re: LONG RAW and ODBC

"Philippe CASTELLA" <philippe.castella_at_free.fr> wrote in message news:<bru9l6$m09$1_at_s1.read.news.oleane.net>...
> "Justin Cave" <jocave_at_yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> > "Philippe CASTELLA" <philippe.castella_at_free.fr> wrote in message
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> > >
> > > Do someone know how to configure Oracle ODBC client in order to read
> LONG
> > > RAW data fields from a database
> >
> > Have you ensured that you've checked the "Force Retrieval of Longs"
> > option in the DSN configuration?
> >
> No I have not but it is the problem... where can I check this parameter.
> With Oracle ODBC Driver I use (8.0.5) this parameter does not exist and I
> haven't found how to activate this functionality yet. I found this option on
> a PC with an oracle 8.1.7 ODBC driver... does that mean I can't retrieve
> long raw objects if I have an ODBC layer < 8.1 ?

What is the full version of the Oracle ODBC driver you're using (i.e. 8.0.5.x)? It's been a while since I've used a client that old, but I'd wager that you need an updated version of the 8.0.5 Oracle ODBC driver. The 8.0.5.10 driver is still available for download on OTN.

Justin Cave
Distributed Database Consulting, Inc.
www.ddbcinc.com Received on Fri Dec 19 2003 - 14:32:06 CST