From: David Hartwig <daveh@insightdist.com>
To: leif@danmos.dk
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Postgres ODBC and SQL_BIT
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 12:59:29 -0400
Message-ID: <35ED7971.F5639931@insightdist.com> (raw)
References: <m0zE9EN-000G4UC@danmos>
leif@danmos.dk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Excuse me for a newbie question.
>
> I am trying to make a PostgreSQL database that must be compatible with
> an existing M$Access database. I have some trouble figuring out what
> postgres type to use for SQL_BIT. I believe the Access type is called Yes/No
> (and is used for checkboxes.) I am also using this in a C/C++ program using
> ODBC. My C/C++ program correctly connects to an Access database with these
> fields, and I have tried both 'bool' and 'char' as types in the Postgres
> database, but none of them works. Is there a standard type for this or do
> I have to make my own (and if so, how?) ?
MS Access will not take any ODBC SQL data type and translate it into a check box.
Other tool may do this but not MS Access. Access only supports check boxes on
Access databases.
As for what Access it will do - The psqlodbc driver as options to treat postgresql
bools as SQL_CHAR (t/f) or or SQL_BIT. MS Access displays SQL_BIT as -1/0.
If you are not using the psqlodbc driver, you are on your own.
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