Re: Incorrect import of timestamp fields in MS Access with

Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp> wrote:

>> After switching from PostgreSQL 7.1.3 to 7.2, I'm having trouble with
>> timestamp fields in ODBC-linked tables in MS Access (both '97 and XP).
>>
>> The problem is that MS Access somehow thinks these are 'Text' fields
>> instead of 'Date/Time' fields. It worked fine when using the 7.1.3
>> server, but not with 7.2 and 7.2.1.
>
> What kind of problem do you have concretely ?

Apologies if I was not clear.

I want MS Access to recognize the timestamp field as a Date/Time field and
not as a Text field. This has some advantages as access can then handle
formatting and input itself.

I did some more debugging and found in de psqlodbc log file that in 7.1.3
the field has type 1184 (PG_TYPE_DATETIME), while in 7.2.x the field has
type 1114 (PG_TYPE_TIMESTAMP_NO_TMZONE).

This led me to the untested patch below against pgtypes.c version 1.46. I'd
be willing to test this myself, if only I knew how to build the driver.

Edwin

--- pgtypes.c.orig Tue Apr 16 13:06:36 2002
+++ pgtypes.c Tue Apr 16 13:08:25 2002
@@ -311,10 +311,11 @@
#endif /* ODBCVER */
return SQL_TIME;
case PG_TYPE_ABSTIME:
case PG_TYPE_DATETIME:
case PG_TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
+ case PG_TYPE_TIMESTAMP_NO_TMZONE:
#if (ODBCVER >= 0x0300)
if (EN_is_odbc3(env))
return SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP;
#endif /* ODBCVER */
return SQL_TIMESTAMP;