ODBC IS preformatting wrong datatime format

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Hi,


I am reading data wrong a unix odbc datasource in a c# program. Reading the
data as works fine, but one field, contains a date-time format that .net
does not understand.

The query would be: "Select birthdate from <tabel> where bla bla"

We use an odbc command object, and an odbcdatareader.

When I simple execute string result=(string)reader[0]; The .net code tries
to resolve it as a datetime. An error results.

When I try to read the data as bytearray (byte[]) I get the same error.

How can I prevent .net trying to render the data so I can parse it myself?


Greetings,

Roland
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