...the correct pronunciation is "lawwwwn GUY-lun"...
> Ya, that's it!
> (Peter still wanted to argue with me. Is Long Island the
> "show-me" city?? But when he tried it, it worked)
>
> Thanks a bunch!
> Barb
>
>
> > ----------
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:13 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re: Raw / VB / ADODB
> >
> > Barb,
> >
> > Ask them to wrap RAWTOHEX() around the RAW column, which
> > will convert the resulting datatype to VARCHAR2?
> >
> > Hope this helps...
> >
> > -Tim
> >
> > > Solaris 8
> > > Oracle 8.1.7.3
> > >
> > > We have a field level_id defined as raw(5) in a table
> > > called objects. I can pull data from this table from
> > > sqlplus as follows:
> > > select name, obj_id, level_id from objects where
> > > level_id='0101010000' and name = '1X3HRJOHNSON'
> > >
> > > NAME OBJ_ID LEVEL_ID
> > > --------------- ---------- ----------
> > > 1X3HRJOHNSON 500583 0101010000
> > >
> > > The developer is not able to pull identifiable data
> > > from the raw column level_id using VB. His notes are
> > > shown below. We searched metalink and google, and
> > > cannot find an answer.
> > > Any help? Thanks!!
> > >
> > > Barb
> > >
> > > OK,
> > >
> > > I am using ADODB microsoft data objects version 2.7
> > >
> > > I am using Oracle odbc driver 8.01
> > > I am trying to extract a raw field that is described
> > > as level_id raw(5)
> > > Every field extracts correctly except level_id....
> > >
> > >
> > > Here is an example code excerpt
> > >
> > > Set oRS = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
> > > sSQL = "Select distinct level_id from objects"
> > > oRS.Source = sSQL
> > > oRS.ActiveConnection = conn
> > > oRS.Open
> > > Do Until oRS.EOF
> > > For i = 0 To oRS.Fields.Count - 1
> > > If oRS.Fields(i).Type = 204 Then ' RAW
> > > field type
> > > strTemp = oRS.Fields(i).Value
> > > end if
> > > next
> > > oRS.movenext
> > > loop
> > >
> > > In SQLPLUS when we ran a query on a record we got
> > > level _id 0101010000 , the above vb program returned
> > > 971. SQLPLUS level_id 010A030000, vb returned
> > > 633...
> > >
> > > What is ODBC returning? is the value truncated
> > > somehow?
> > > does it need to be converted ?
> > > I think we are getting partial data and not the
> > > full length of the RAW field
> > > Is RAW(5) equivalent to 10 bytes ?
> > > SQLPLUS shows 10 positions on output ....
> > >
> > > HELP !!!
> > >
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