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Using the ODBC Client : Specifying ODBC Connection Attributes : DescribeVarcharAsLongvarchar
 

DescribeVarcharAsLongvarchar

Attribute

DescribeVarcharAsLongvarchar (DVAL)

Description

Describes a (W)(VAR)CHAR(n) as (W)LONGVARCHAR when n is larger than a specified value. This workaround sets this size n. This workaround is typically used in Oracle Heterogeneous Services, which does not support VARCHAR longer than 4096.

Valid Values

0 | x
where x is a positive integer from 1 to 65535. A value of 0 means that no data type mapping is done.

Default

0