DBD::ODBC fetch is returning string for integer

[Manikantan, Madhunapanthula_Naaga]

Hello Evans/DBi-users,

DBD::ODBC is returning strings for integers.  This results in incorrect values 
for  bit wise operators.  (for ex:- $e='16'; $f = '32'  print $e & $f returns 
12 instead of zero ). Is there a setting that can help us return integers as 
'integers'.

I am using EasySoft Driver via DBD::ODBC to connect to Microsoft SQL Server 
2008 R2 from Linux RHEL 6.2.

Version information
---
Perl  : 5.10.1
DBI   : 1.609
DBD::ODBC : 1.30_5

Please use the below code to reproduce the issue and let me know if I you need 
more information.

Help much appreciated !!

Thanks



# Create temp_check and inserted one row with values (100, 10.234 and 'test')

CREATE TABLE temp_check
( a int,
  b float,
  c varchar (100)
)
INSERT INTO temp_check VALUES (100, 10.234000, 'test')


PERL snippet
----------------------

use DBI;
use Data::Dumper;

$dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:ODBC:DSN=SERVER1','***','***');
$dbh->{TraceLevel}=15;

$sth = $dbh->prepare('select * from sandbox..temp_check where a=100');
#$sth = $dbh->prepare('select * from sandbox..temp_check where a=100', 
{odbc_describe_parameters => 0});

$sth->execute();

for ($i = 1; $i <= $sth->{NUM_OF_FIELDS}; $i++) {
    print "Column $sth->{NAME}->[$i -1] is of type $sth->{TYPE}->[$i -1]\n";
}

$rows = $sth->fetchall_arrayref();
print Dumper($rows);

Column a is of type 4
Column b is of type 6
Column c is of type 12

$VAR1 = [
          [
            '100',
            '10.234',
            'test'
          ]
        ];