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30/10/2018 15:16:16
John Ryan
Captain-Cooker Appreciation Society
Taumata Whakatangi ..., New Zealand
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 10
Database:
MS SQL Server
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Thread ID:
01662718
Message ID:
01662969
Views:
62
>>>What do you mean by queries against VARCHAR(max)? I use this type of column and SQL Select from my VFP SP2 application with WHERE clause. What am I missing?
>
>Are you using the classic SQL Server ODBC driver? The classic driver predates VARCHAR and fortuitously gets VARCHAR(max) right but has other issues. Newer Native Client drivers on many Windows installs, return a C(0).

Yes, I am using the SQL Server ODBC driver. I will keep in mind not to have the customers update to the Native Client because I have not found any issues with the ODBC driver.
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