BCD flag problems

guduru_v · Post by **guduru_v** » Sat 26 Feb 2005 00:06

Why don't coreLab DbExpresss dirvers comes with EnableBCD = False?

Because of this flag, now i have to maintian two codebases one for ORACLe, one for SQL SERVER.

I am using Borland Native SQLConneciton component, building my connection settings dynamically based on the databasetype (ORACLE, SQL SERVER),
then run my application.

Environment is D7, ORACLE 8i, SQLSERVER 2000 ; TSQLConnection which uses corelab drivename, getdriverfunction, libraryname and vendorlib values.

Because corelab dbexpress not accepting Integer fields in ORACLE as such, i had to convert them to BCD fields.

But at the same time, same code base is not working with SQL SERVER , because SQLSERVER expects integer type field as integer type only.

I am converting a large BDE app to DBexpress, it would be nice if corelab dbexpress comes with
enablebcd= flase by defualt and
Designconnection=true capability like in TDBXConnection of Dbexpress components.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue 01 Mar 2005 09:36

DbxOda driver must be compatible with standard Borland dbExpress Oracle driver. EnableBCD = True emulates the default behavior of Borland dbExpress driver. Please see \Program Files\DbxOda\ReadMe.html file for information on how to use EnableBCD, SmallIntPrecision, IntegerPrecision, FloatPrecision, BCDPrecision options.