Re: Can't get more than 255 chars out of memo field in Acc

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeff Eckermann <jeff_eckermann(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: Benjamin Scherrey <scherrey(at)proteus-tech(dot)com>, pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can't get more than 255 chars out of memo field in Acc
Date: 2002-11-27 19:56:21
Message-ID: 21355.1038426981@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeff Eckermann <jeff_eckermann(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> The implication is, there is no workaround. You will
> need to change the table definitions in your
> PostgreSQL database to use varchar(n) datatypes
> whereever you want Access to see text.

I wonder whether we could/should hack our ODBC driver to report "text"
columns as "varchar(n)" (and if so, what n should we use)? Seems like
enough people want to use Access that this would be a useful option.

regards, tom lane

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