Re: Any plans to support SQLDescribeParam (and friends) ?

Hi Mads,

Mads Lindstrøm wrote:
> Hi Hiroshi,
>
> Thank you for the reply.
>
>
> Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
>
>> Mads Lindstrøm wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Previously PsqlODBC did not support SQLDescribeParam (and friends), as
>>> the PostgreSQL backend/frontend protocol did not offer the necessary
>>> support to implement these functions [1]. Or at least, that is how I
>>> understand it.
>>>
>>> But with protocol version 3, it should be possible to implement
>>> SQLDescribeParam[2].
>>>
>>> Thus my question, is there any plans to support SQLDescribeParam (and
>>> friends) ?
>> You can call SQLDescribeParam() with the current driver when you
>> check the 7.4+ Protocol option and the Server side prepare option.
>>
>> regards,
>> Hiroshi Inoue
>>
>
> Yes, I can call SQLDescribeParam(..), but it always return VarChar, on
> SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT and DECIMAL parameters. So I guess I am doing
> something wrong.
>
> My odbc.ini looks like:
>
> [MetaHDBC_PQ_DSN]
> Description = PostgreSQL ODBC
> Driver = postgreodbc
> Trace = No
> TraceFile =
> Database = MetaHDBC_DB
> Servername = localhost
> UserName = metahdbc
> Password = foobar
> Port = 5432
> Protocol = 8.3

Could you try to set
Protocol = 7.4
?

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue