This documentation contains information about the following topics: This kit includes Version 3. This version is considerably different internally from the version 2 Oracle ODBC Driver for Rdb software.

This product is installed by the Microsoft Windows Installer, a completely different technology from that used by previous v3 releases of the Oracle ODBC Driver for RDB. TO INSTALL, YOU MUST FIRST DEINSTALL ANY EXISTING COPIES THAT WERE INSTALLED BY ORACLE INSTALLER. To do this, bring up the Oracle Installer from the original ODBC driver installation, select the Oracle ODBC Driver for RDB and click REMOVE. To install the Oracle ODBC Driver for RDB, extract the files in the installation kit into their own directory and run SETUP.

To deinstall, go into control panel, select add or remove programs, select the Oracle RDB Driver for ODBC and deinstall This section lists the software required to support the Oracle ODBC Driver for Rdb on OpenVMS VAX and Alpha platforms. The Oracle ODBC Driver for Rdb supports SQL compliant Oracle Rdb SQL.

Online documentation is provided via the Microsoft Windows Help facility. The Oracle ODBC Driver for Rdb complies with Version 3. The following ODBC API level 2 functions are not supported: Additional features include but are not limited to: Refer to the Acrobat RDBINFO.

The Oracle ODBC Driver for Rdb follows the Microsoft ODBC 3. If double values are stored in a Oracle Rdb database precision for these data types can be much greater than what ODBC currently supports. The end result will be the loss of precision. A float data type defined in Rdb with the default precision contains a number such as: When converted on the Windows platform the number will drop precision to.

This loss of precision may have different behavior for different applications. For Microsoft Access, the user is not allowed to update the data. Microsoft Access thinks the data has changed, because Oracle Rdb has the value Microsoft Access cannot update the row using the Only the original row with One workaround to the problem is to define the data type in Oracle Rdb as BIGINT 13 or whatever is appropriate for your application.

Microsoft Access R will see BIGINT data types as text fields and allow you to update the row without losing precision. In Microsoft Query R the display will be incorrect. Lets take for example the following double precision number to display: Microsoft Query makes a call to SQLColAttributes returning the display size of The format defined in the ODBC SDK for display of a double precision data is the following: Total 22 Length a sign,15 digits,a decimal point,the letter E, a sign and 3 digits.

Our example contains a total string length of 23 with 16 digits instead of the 15 digits for precision. This is why the data is displayed wrong. One possible workaround to this problem may be to add a text field that is computed by the cast of the double precision field within Oracle Rdb.

Then display the text field instead of the double. In general to avoid precision problems using ODBC, ensure that data stored in the Oracle Rdb database for a double data type conform to the specifications described in the Microsoft ODBC Programmer's Reference and SDK Guide. When a file DSN is set up, not all connect attributes are obtained.

Default values are used for those values the data source administrator does not prompt for. To change those defaulted connect attributes, edit the file DSN which will be created in the c: Refer to the Oracle ODBC Driver for Rdb help file for a complete description of the attributes listed in the file DSN.

The information can be found under the topic "Format of the Connection String" listed under the main heading of "Programming Considerations". Specify TCPIP Port or DECNET Object in the ODBC Data Source. Added the ability to specify an alternate TCPIP port or DECNET Object as part of the data source.

Previously, to specify an alternate port for an ODBC data source, the user had to edit SQSAPI INI to indicate what port to use for a particular server system. One major drawback to this was that all connections to the specified server had to use that port.

The following connect string attributes are now supported in SQLBrowseConnect, SQLDriverConnect and SQLConnect. Interaction with Oracle SQLServices for RDB has been enhanced with the use of the new client API calls now available for Windows in the SQLServices 7. See the SQLServices documentation for more information. Depending on the application, this enhancement many result in a considerable performance improvement on queries with large result sets or applications that perform a large number of catalog queries.

Other changes and bug fixes in this version. The correct filename is SQRDB DLL for 32 bit. This is fixed in 3. Fetching a negative floating point value may cause Windows Protection faults. Microsoft Access unable to link tables using RDB ODBC 3. A workaround for the Oracle 10g Gateway for ODBC returning [Oracle][ODBC]Numeric value out of range was inadvertently left out in previous versions. This functionality was restored in 3. Availability of a native 64 bit ODBC driver for RDB.

Starting with ODBC 3. The 64 bit driver contains all of the changes as per the ODBC specification and is built to run on a 64 bit Windows machine. See the Microsoft ODBC Programmers Reference, Chapter Introduction to ODBC, ODBC bit Information section for more details on the changes that were made. Note, to use the 64 bit ODBC Driver for RDB, you also need to have a 64 bit application running on a 64 bit Windows configuration.

You cannot use a 32 bit application to access the 64 bit driver. This is a Windows restriction and is not specific to any ODBC drivers. Driver files for the 64 bit ODBC Driver for RDB have been renamed. SQSAPI32, SQRDB3, SQRDBS3 and SQRDBESUS have been renamed to SQSAPI64, SQRDB64, SQRDBS64 and SQRDBESUS It is supported to have both 32 bit and 64 bit ODBC drivers installed at the same time. It is recommended you install both 32 bit and 64 bit drivers in environments where mixed 32 bit and 64 bit applications will be used.

In the future, it is intended to release all new versions of the ODBC driver on both the 32 bit and 64 bit platforms as needed so any bug fixes and new functionality will be available on both platforms.

Note for 64 bit Microsoft SQLServer users. Early 64 bit Microsoft Windows versions included a version of the Microsoft OLEDB Provider for ODBC that prevented updates to Oracle RDB databases linked via the Oracle ODBC Driver for RDB if the update statement had a where clause that included a character data type. This problem has been fixed in the Microsoft OLEDB Provider that comes with later Windows versions. The minimum Microsoft WDAC version required to use the 64 bit Oracle ODBC Driver for RDB with 64 bit Microsoft SQLServer is 6.

This version comes with Microsoft Vista and newer versions of Windows WindowsWindows 7, etc. New Microsoft WDAC versions are released via Windows service packs.

Other Enhancements and Bug fixes. Microsoft SQLServer may return only 1 row for a linked table select query. This was caused by an optimization in the Microsoft C Compiler and was fixed in RDB ODBC 3. SQLSpecialColumns returned a result set that had some of the data on the wrong order and the wrong data types as defined on the ODBC specification.

Binding a BIGINT parameter during insert or update and fetching into that parameter causes an unhandled Win32 exception. If the "Use Multischema" key contains a blank or any character except a zero, the multischema functionality would be enabled.

The default was intended to be that Multischema Support was disabled unless explicitly enabled. Enhancements to Catalog support. Additional functionality has been added to support multiple catalog and schema modes with the ODBC driver.

These schema options are available in the options section in the Microsoft ODBC Adminstrator and are located in the schema options frame. These new options can also be enabled using keywords in the ODBC connection string. The basic modes of operation are as follows. If the "Use Catalog and Schema" box is NOT checked, Multischema support is disabled. This is basically the same functionality as in previous versions of ODBC pre 3.

Catalog functions that return catalog and schema names will return NULL for those values. Several values in SQLGetInfo and both Connect and Statement attributes are changed to reflect no catalog support. If the "Use Catalog and Schema" box IS checked, Multischema support is enabled.

If the Oracle RDB database is an actual multischema database, true multischema support is exposed by the driver. Enter the actual Catalog and Schema to default to in the boxes provided.

Calls to SQLSetCurrentCatalog will issue the appropriate "set schema" statements. Catalog functions that return catalog and schema names will return the cash flow proceeds from exercise of stock options names for those values as defined in the database.

Several values in SQLGetInfo and both Connect and Statement attributes are changed to reflect full catalog support. If the Oracle RDB database is NOT an actual multischema database, simulated multischema support is exposed by the driver.

Whenever an ODBC API calls requests the current catalog or schema, the values entered in the Default Catalog and Default Schema boxes will be returned. All catalog functions that return CatalogName or SchemaName will return these same values. This will be the default when you select the "Use Catalog and Schema" box. Calls to SQLSetCurrentCatalog will be ignored. The following SQLGetInfo attributes change depending on what mode is selected.

The following API calls implement the new connect string and DSN values as described above. The following API calls change behavior depending on what mode is selected. SQLTables SQLColumns SQLPrimaryKeys SQLForeignKeys SQLProcedures SQLStatistics These return catalog and schema as described above. If Multischema is disabled as described above, NULL will be returned for Catalog and Schema names.

These return catalog and schema as described above. In addition, Sending in a wildcard for CatalogName or Schema name with the other fields being an "Empty String" will cause the driver to just list the available catalogs and schemas as described on the ODBC specification. In this same example, if Multischema is disabled, no rows are returned for available catalog or schema. Other changes and bug fixes. Included Microsoft C 8. This is a workaround to allow the 10g Oracle Database Gateway for ODBC to work with the RDB ODBC driver.

On numeric literals, the gateway binds string variables with a length of 65 and pads the left side of the value with spaces. The workaround will strip the padding off the string and reverify the length against the target data type before returning the out of range error.

To determine the actual value, the value was divided by scale. This was done in a floating point operation and could causing rounding of certain values. This is no longer done in floating point and the rounding should be eliminated.

If a data source specifies an attach string and is connecting to a preattached service, the ODBC driver will retry the connection without the attach string before returning an error. This could result in incorrect errors being reported on SQLDriverConnect.

In prior versions, any multischema database must have had the "multischema is disabled" clause specified in the attach statement. This book value per share of common stock equation has been removed.

The previous default behavior is still available, but only on a database-by-database basis. To re-establish the previous behavior for a database, edit the C: INI file and add the following: Support for catalogs and schemas has been added to the SQLColumns, SQLTables, Tullow oil market share, SQLProcedureColumns, SQLPrimaryKeys, SQLForeignKeys, and SQLStatistics functions.

For non-multischema databases, these functions will ONLY load catalog or schema values odbc call failed optional feature not implemented #0 the result set if iweb stock broker review has been passed to the function by the caller. In previous versions, the ODBC driver for Rdb would not work correctly when accessed via a variety of Microsoft tools.

This was caused by no implementation for catalogs and schemas in the driver. As detailed above, both issues have been fixed in 3. For an application that used the RDO Work from home packing products nottingham layer, the ODBC driver for Rdb 3.

This would result in the BIGINT column value being truncated. For an application that used the. NET ODBC interface, the ODBC driver for RDB 3. In the ODBC Data Source Administrator, the "Test Connection" button associated with the definition of an Oracle Rdb ODBC Driver setup would not fully test the connection.

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Therefore, it was possible to receive a "successful connection" message eventhough the connection of the actual database would fail. Now, the "Test Connection" button will connect to the service and also perform a simple query on the database thus more south african futures market testing the connection. After upgraded to Oracle ODBC Driver for Rdb 3.

Only first 8 digits are shown. This fix is required for SPSS users. Zero length varchar parameters were always treated as null terminated strings which resulted in invalid data being inserted in some cases.

This was actually caused by a restriction in the SQLServices API. This should be the column length. SQLBrowseConnect returned a connect string missing several attributes and had confusing labels on some of the ones that were there.

Added several attributes, fixed confusing labels and added some defaults. When this functionality was used, a return connect string was not returned by the driver. The behavior is essentially the same as SQLFetch. INI that tells the driver to fetch more than 1 record at a time per network buffer. How to win in binary option profits wikipedia this value is not set or set to 1, the driver will fetch 10 rows by default.

Column 11 of the result set returned by SQLStatistics should return an integer containing the cardinality of the table or index being reported on. If TableType was not specified on an SQLTables API call, Rdb system tables were excluded by default. If an application binds an output parameter from a stored procedure and that output parameter is a Timestamp or Date VMS data type, the application may crash with a Windows Protection Fault on SQLExecute.

When an application issued SQLCancel just before SQLFreeStmt, sometimes the statement did not get fully released. This caused duplicate cursor name errors on certain applications. Problem was reported by users using Powerbuilder. This caused a memory leak in the SQLServices executor for ADO trading binary options with moving averages. Fixed by the same bug fix detailed above for Powerbuilder users.

When the service specified in a data source real racing 3 earn most money overridden in the ODBC driver login dialog box, the driver still used the service specified in the data source.

The service specified in the driver login dialog was ignored. The HELP button in the ODBC Administrator setup dialog box was not working. Performance has been improved when an application asks for the database name after connecting to a preattached service.

Certain varieties of Burley livestock market report calls did not clean up completely. Depending on whether columns are bound before or after the statement is SQLPrepared, a data-type out of range error would result for VARBYTE LIST columns. If a stored procedure is called that returns a VARCHAR value, a "Descriptor type out of range" error may be returned.

When an application used SQLGetTypeInfo to retrieve information about data types supported by the database, string truncation errors may be returned for 1 or more of the columns in the result set.

This was first seen using Microsoft Query. This would cause Microsoft Visual Odbc call failed optional feature not implemented #0 programs using ADO to return errors if adUseServer is used for the query. When inserting a value into a List of Byte Varying, savage 93r17 replacement stock statement appeared to complete but the data was never stored in the database.

DATE and ITME data types were being converted incorrectly such that more bytes were needed for the values than the specification calls for. This would typically show up as truncation errors when fetching dates as CHAR types. Microsoft SQLServer would interpret this as meaning that the end of data had been reached. This has been fixed in v3. This was related to the problem described above. The minimum fetch-ahead will now be 10 rows, or however many will fit in the available buffer space, whichever is less.

When binding parameters of type DECIMAL or NUMERIC and specifying a precision greater than 18 digits an error was where to get the signal for binary options. In fact this is correct behavior as 18 is the maximum precision allowed for these types.

But since v2 did not enforce this limit several customers have complained so the test has been removed for those two types. If an application actually tries to pass in a value with too many digits it will get an error reported by SQL on the server side, but no error will now be reported by SQLBindParameter. This only caused problems typically with columns of type SMALLINT, but could have with other numeric types. Microsoft ACCESS would show an "internal error" when trying to create a link to an RDB table.

Some "C" data types were not being properly handled. This mostly affected numeric results. Another symptom of the same problem was "string truncation" errors from MSQRY32 when expanding the list of columns within a table. Similar problem in SQLTables. Was fixed in 3. Beware of a bug in Microsoft MSQRY32 which is used by Microsoft Excel which can return erroneous SQLColumns results for a table containing an underscore in its name if there is another table with the same name but with some other character in place of the underscore.

Microsoft Access does not have this bug. The rows returned by SQLTable are now sorted so that system relations come before user relations, and tables come before views. Microsoft's ODBC Driver manager delays calling the stock market game virtual money SetConnectAttr function until the application calls SQLConnect. This is the same behavior used in the earlier v2 driver. If the columns are bound before SQLGetTypeInfo is called, the subsequent fetch failed.

This was caused by an incorrect converting of type codes internally. The v3 driver was incorrectly reporting via SQLGetInfo that it supported changing the CATALOG name. This was in error. Now it reports that no such functions are supported, and this will prevent layered software such as Microsoft's ADO from making the SQLSetConnectAttr call. The driver was not defending against attempts to move the cursor backwards and would keep moving forward instead of giving a "Not supported" error.

The ODBC driver provides two ways of discovering attributes of returned data data type, length, etc. NET uses a different one than ADO and this uncovered a bug in SQLColAttributes which has now been fixed in v3. If a stored procedure had output parameters, various obscure errors would result on a SQLExecxute trying to call the procedure. The exact error depended upon the combination and ordering of INPUT, OUTPUT, and INPUT-OUTPUT parameters in the call.

The driver log file controlled from the oraodbc. This could take a couple minutes if the array size was large several hundred. The column labels returned by a SQLTables query contained RDB's internal column names rather than the names required by the ODBC specification.

An item has been added to the Start menu to make it easier to find the Windows HELP file for the Oracle ODBC for RDB driver. SQLBindParameter was unable to bind to output parameters although it returned a SUCCESS status.

Depending on the ordering of IN, OUT, and INOUT parameters in the called procedure this could produce different symptoms. The value of parameters specified in the Connect string were being ignored if the parameter already had a value in the Data Source definition.

The SQLSetStmtAttr function was failing with the "not capable" status code for things it could have easily done. This resulted in lower performance. This functionality has been restored in 3. This also applies to SQLProcedureColumns.

This bug was inherited from the Oracle8 driver that served as a base for the Rdb v3 driver effort. Presumably similar problems would turn up with any similar use of the translation TLL option feature, regardless of the character set used. A parsing error in SQLTables could result in not all requested relation types being returned.

If several types were requested and the order was just right, some would be ignored. For example, "TABLE,VIEW,SYSTEM TABLE,SYNOMYMS" would not return VIEW relations. This had nothing to do with the types requested, only the order in which they were specified. SQLProcedureColumns gained some additional report columns in ODBC v3 which had been left out by an oversight. SQLColAttribute was returning a null string for the column name.

Fixed in version 3. The spec for ODBC v3 introduced a new datatype "NUMERIC". ADO uses this new type in the latest MDAC release. The v3 driver had an incorrect implementation of the conversion. The v2 driver converted DBKEY values into hex character strings for the application, and converted them back again when used as parameters.

The v3 driver was not doing this. The V2 driver used the now unsupported Oracle Installer. The V3 driver uses the same installer technology as most other Oracle products, the Oracle Universal Installer.

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This is proving to be more reliable, and deinstallations are much cleaner. If the application requested BIGINT data to be delivered in binary as 8-byte integers rather than as character strings, errors would result.

The correct conversions now take place in both directions. The V2 driver did not support BIGINT at all. The DLL that does translations between Latin and Japanese character sets, DECKAN DLL, was missing from previous beta releases.

Requests to list columns within a table would return no column names for tables with an underscore in their names for some programs. The Query Wizard in Microsoft Query which is also used by Microsoft Excel to import data and Quattro Pro were known to encounter this problem. A bug in buffer management for LIST OF VARBYTE and LIST OF VARCHAR datatypes, present since v2, would sometimes cause extra strings of null bytes to be inserted, or sections of data to be omitted, when fetching the data.

In addition, the V2 driver could not properly deal with any buffers longer than bytes. Metadata queries using these functions did not return consistent results and in some cases returned completely incorrect results. Earlier beta releases did incorrect mapping of RDB datatypes to ODBC SQL datatypes.

Many RDB types would be reported as VARCHAR. Version 2 of the ODBC Driver for RDB had primitive support for multithreading, which was basically a single semaphore around everything.

Although this allowed the driver to be used in multithreaded applications, it provided no true parallel access. The v3 driver has finer grained locking so that threads may do simultaneous ODBC operations as long as they do not try to modify the same contexts at the same time. Earlier beta releases did not have this functionality complete, but it is present in v3. Any call requiring Rdb to distinguish a TABLE from VIEW returned no rows on Oracle Rdb 7.

The ODBC specification requires that real data be represented in 13 bytes; 9 bytes for mantissa, including sign and decimal point, plus 4 bytes for exponent. SQL on VMS returns real data in 14 bytes, with 10 bytes in the mantissa. When the ODBC driver truncated this to the correct 13 bytes, the low order digit of the exponent got chopped off, rendering the value incorrect by possibly many orders of magnitude.

The correct behavior is to remove the lowest order mantissa digit instead. The ODBC driver was looking for columns with a name of "DBKEY" and did not recognize "ROWID" as a synonym. ODBC allows applications to specify date and timestamp literals using tags that vendor-specific ODBC drivers convert to a database-specific format.

Rdb supports 2 styles of date format: If the prepare fails, it then converts the tags to the ANSI date format. Because the driver converts all tags to either VMS format or ANSI format, you cannot mix columns of both data types in a single statement.

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