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[Microsoft] [ODBC driver for Oracle] Invalid scale value

From: Stephen Newell <stephen.newell_at_srs.gov>
Date: 21 Apr 99 11:45:30 -0500
Message-ID: <1999Apr21.114530.11355@srs.gov>


I have built a query for a group of records using Microsoft Query which prompts for a date range:

   Start_Date
   is between
[Enter Start Date],[Enter End Date]

In Query, it works great letting me insert the values and bringing up the appropriate records. However, when I use the "Get External Data" in Excel and try to run the query, after it prompts me for the start date and I enter the date (ie. 4/21/99) followed by return, it returns the following error:

[Microsoft][ODBC driver for Oracle]Invalid scale value

What gives?

Thanks for helping.

S Newell
stephen.newell_at_srs.gov Received on Wed Apr 21 1999 - 11:45:30 CDT

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