> Christian> SQLDescribeCol is supposed to return the precision of a
> Christian> column in the result set. The precision is defined as "The
> Christian> maximum number of digits used by the data type of the column
> Christian> or parameter." The following table states clearly that the
> Christian> precision for a CHAR(10) column must be 10. However, MyODBC
> Christian> "optimizes" this into returning the maximum number of
> Christian> characters _used_ for a column in the current statement. If,
>
>
> I have checked this up a couple of times; According to Microsoft's
> ODBC specification, SQLDescribeCol returns:
>
Christian is correct according to the ODBC spec for 3.5.1. In fact, I think he
quoted from it.
Peter
