Re: [INTERFACES] ODBC into Access...

The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> Morning...
>
> Well, I've finally been forced to use Micro$loth for a project
> *sigh* But, thank god, its purely to provide a front-end for a client, so
> I can live with it...
>
> But, the question is...the table that I'm creating consists of
> fields of int4[] (an array), where element 1 is an answer, and element 2
> is a score associated with that answer...
>
> How (if it does?) will Access be able to handle this?
>

Good Afternoon,

The driver handles all none standard data types as text. The resulting
behavior will probably vary some with each application and data type. In the
case of int4[] and MS Access 97 it does an effective job. The array can be
displayed and updated cleanly. Arithmetic is a little tricky. MS Access
complains about "t.a[1]" in the query builder. It does not like the syntax
and never sends it to the backend.

The work around is to choose the SQL Pass-thru option. This will allow you to
build expressions like "t.a[0] * t.a[1]". The hassle is that every time you
run the query in Access 97 it prompts you with a database connection dialog.

MS Excel in combination w/ MS Query may provide a better solution. It passes
every query through.. I try to stay away from the more exotic types if I know
I am going to expose them to the public.