Re: Postgresql Text field / Visual FoxPro Memo and ODBC

From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
To: MargaretGillon(at)chromalloy(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgresql Text field / Visual FoxPro Memo and ODBC
Date: 2005-01-12 21:06:30
Message-ID: 1105563989.24795.52.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 14:59, MargaretGillon(at)chromalloy(dot)com wrote:
> I am using ODBC to move Visual FoxPro7 tables (windows 2000 client) into
> Postgresql 7.x on a Redhat Linux server. All is working well except for
> Memo fields, which are Text fields in PostgreSql. I query the Postgresql
> table and get a cursor, update the cursor with the data, and send it back.
> The contents of the memo field never make it back to the Postgresql text
> field. Other changes to the record's fields are saved with no problem.
>
> At this time all my UI's have to be written in VFP. Is there a work around
> for this or am I going to have to eliminate Text/Memo fields from my
> tables?

Postgresql doesn't support updatable cursors.

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