Hi,
> Querying the V5R3 server, I see the expected results from the V5R3 > server in both both Base (direct entry of SQL) and Calc (the Data > Source Browser and the spreadsheet). However, from the V5R2 server, > the three columns derived with char() show no useful information: in > the result of direct entry of SQL in Base and in the Data Source > Browser they show "<OBJECT>", and in the spreadsheet they show "#N/A" Can't answer your question with respect to AS400 stuff, but in my experience with MySQL dbs, <OBJECT> items shown in the DSB or SQL query results often come from either Base's incapability to deal with the data object it is being presented by the driver or a problem with the driver itself and the data it is getting from the server. > > I wonder if this behaviour is right. And if it is wrong, does anybody > care, given the age of V5R2? V6R1 of the o/s has been in production > for a couple of years, and V7R1 is anticipated shortly. In short, is > this a candidate for a bug report? The question for me would be whether the problem still exists in V6R1 ? Alex --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@dba.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@dba.openoffice.org