FreeTDS Development Group

["Lowden, James K" <LowdenJK AT bernstein.com>]

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> From: ZIGLIO Frediano [mailto:Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafoneomnitel.it]
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> 27 04 04... FreeTDS it's trying to use old varchar (limited 
> to 255), this is the problem...

And the reason is dbrpcsend:

calls   param_info_alloc
calls           tds_set_column_type
calls                   tds_get_cardinal_type

which maps xvarchar -> varchar:

        case XSYBNVARCHAR:
        case XSYBVARCHAR:
                return SYBVARCHAR;

and is really very broken, I think, wtr iconv.  

I wonder about this "cardinal type" concept.  Is is necessary?  

--jkl


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