Re: NUMERIC type makes trouble in MS Access

Hi Tobias,

Could you please try the test drivers 10.03.0110 on Windows at
https://winpg.jp/~inoue/psqlodbc/index.html
?

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue

On 2018/05/28 16:32, Tobias Wendorff wrote:
> Hi Hiroshi,
>
> works nice, well done!
>
> Could you perhaps extend the field length of varchar to "max varchar"
> from "Miscellaneous" on page 1? Right now it's limited to 28.
>
> That would allow exporting the highest possible precision in Access
> (f.e. export to CSV).
>
> Thanks again... really good work!
> Tobias
>
>
>
> Am Mo, 28.05.2018, 09:17 schrieb Inoue, Hiroshi:
>> Hi Tobias,
>>
>> Could you please try the test drivers 10.03.0100 on Windows at
>> https://winpg.jp/~inoue/psqlodbc/index.html
>> ?
>> The test drivers have an option
>>     Numeric(without precision) as
>> .
>>
>> regards,
>> Hiroshi Inoue
>>
>> On 2018/05/28 11:13, Tobias Wendorff wrote:
>>> Hi Craig,
>>>
>>> Am Mo, 28.05.2018, 03:34 schrieb Craig Ringer:
>>>> Some quick research suggests that Access's Decimal data type is
>>>> what you should be using. It's not floating point. This fits with
>>>> what you're saying, as the docs say Decimal in Access is limited
>>>> to 28 digits.
>>> But there's a problem: you can't change the field type of a linked
>>> table in MS Access. Even if the driver delivers the correct type,
>>> I cannot influence the decimal width (or anything else) and the
>>> problem inevitably arises.
>>>
>>> So, as Jan and I suggested, the only way is to apply a change
>>> either in the column itself or do it in realtime using a VIEW.
>>>
>>>> Seems like it probably has a more limited implementation using
>>>> fixed-point, not PostgreSQL's BCD representation, as they use
>>>> a fixed 17 bytes in the native storage.
>>>>
>>>> It should map as SQL_DECIMAL, NOT double or float.
>>> Sure, I didn't want to force fundamental changes here. I just
>>> wanted to suggest something like a "compatibility switch" for
>>> Microsoft Access when using "unlimited" NUMERIC in PostgreSQL.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Tobias