Re: General field?
From: Fred Taylor (ftaylor_at_mvps.org!REMOVE)
Date: 03/09/05
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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:14:05 -0700
Which version of the ODBC driver are you using? I must say I've never seen
ODBC automatically convert a Memo field of any type to General.
-- Fred Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP "howard" <howard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FA3CFC78-D749-4C91-A9A2-3E909997EDA4@microsoft.com... > Fred, tnx for the response. I am accessing the data from a VFP dbf (free > table) The field is actually a Memo (binary) type field. And yes, odbc > returns this field as a Gen type field which I can't do anything with... > > In looking through this site, I noticed a lot of other folks are having > problems managing graphics data in VFP tables > > "Fred Taylor" wrote: > >> Sounds like you've actually stored it in a General type field, as ODBC >> would >> not automatically convert a Memo field to General. What/where are you >> trying to access the data from? >> >> -- >> Fred >> Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP >> >> >> "howard" <howard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:B9AAB7F7-C278-496C-8A1F-F2A32D1C5B7F@microsoft.com... >> >I am using a memo field in a VFP8 dbf to hold a bmp file. All is well >> >till >> >I >> > try to access the dbf using sqlselect & odbc. The corresponding field >> > within >> > the resulting cursor is a 'General' data type. >> > 1) Any way to get this back as a mem field? >> > 2) If not, any way to dump the data out of the cursor into a file? >> > >> > >> >> >>
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