Re: ODBC Driver Options

Jeff Eckermann wrote:
> A neat little trick that will work with any ODBC
> driver:
> 
> 1. Create a file (any name) with a .udl extension.
> 2. Run the file
> 3. In the dialog that comes up, choose "use
> connections string", and "build"; then follow the
> prompts.
> 4. When done, open the file with a text editor.  You
> will see a full connection string, with the names of
> all of the driver options.
> 
> Thanks to the poster, whose name I cannot recall, who
> suggested this.

Cool - this works great - thanks!

BTW - the "Use declare/fetch" option for the string was:

UseDeclareFetch=1 (or 0 to turn off)

[smacks head against desk - walks away in shame]

Andrew

> --- Andrew Ayers <aayers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>Nicola Tiling wrote:
>>
>>>Have a look here
>>>
>>>
>>
> http://www.flatmtn.com/computer/Linux-PostgreSQL.html
> 
>>>I think "use declare/fetch" is "FETCH"
>>
>>I will give it a shot and play around with it -
>>thank you for the 
>>reference!!!
>>
>>Andrew Ayers
>>Phoenix, Arizona
>>
>>
>>>
>>>'   PG_ODBC_PARAMETER           ACCESS_PARAMETER
>>>'   *********************************************
>>>'   READONLY                    A0
>>>'   PROTOCOL                    A1
>>>'   FAKEOIDINDEX                A2  'A2 must be 0
>>
>>unless A3=1
>>
>>>'   SHOWOIDCOLUMN               A3
>>>'   ROWVERSIONING               A4
>>>'   SHOWSYSTEMTABLES            A5
>>>'   CONNSETTINGS                A6  'must be a
>>
>>value, blank is A6=;
>>
>>>'   FETCH                       A7  'must be a
>>
>>value, try 100
>>
>>>'   SOCKET                      A8  'default 4096
>>>'   UNKNOWNSIZES                A9  ' range [0-2]
>>>'   MAXVARCHARSIZE              B0  'must be a
>>
>>value, default 254
>>
>>>'   MAXLONGVARCHARSIZE          B1
>>>'   DEBUG                       B2
>>>'   COMMLOG                     B3
>>>'   OPTIMIZER                   B4  ' note that 1
>>
>>= _cancel_ generic optimizer...
>>
>>>'   KSQO                        B5
>>>'   USEDECLAREFETCH             B6
>>>'   TEXTASLONGVARCHAR           B7
>>>'   UNKNOWNSASLONGVARCHAR       B8
>>>'   BOOLSASCHAR                 B9
>>>'   INVERSEBOOL?                BI  '"true is
>>
>>-1"?, 0=checked?
>>
>>>'   PARSE                       C0
>>>'   CANCELASFREESTMT            C1
>>>'   EXTRASYSTABLEPREFIXES       C2  'must be a
>>
>>value, default dd_

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