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Warning returned by ODBC driver when binding timestamp parameters with a precision and scale

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TitleWarning returned by ODBC driver when binding timestamp parameters with a precision and scale
URL Name8788
Article Number000125560
EnvironmentProduct: Connect/Connect64 for ODBC driver
Version: All supported versions
OS: All supported platforms
Database: All supported databases
Application: Informatica PowerCenter
Question/Problem Description

Prepare a statement with a parameter for a timestamp column.  If you then call SQLBindParameter to bind the value for that column and specifiy a precision(ColumnSize) and scale(DecimalDigits), then you must specifiy a precision equal to 20 + the scale or the following warning is returned:

"Timestamp parameters with a scale, must have a scale less than ten and a precision equal to 20 plus the scale.  You specified a precision of x and scale of y.  Error in parameter z."

where
x = the precision you specified
y = the scale you specified
z = the parameter number

If you simply re-execute the statement after the warning, then the insert will succeed.

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The driver imposes this restriction on parameter bindings and this is expected behavior.

You can set WorkArounds2=2 in your ODBC data source definition to cause the driver to ignore the ColumnSize/DecimalDigits specified in the call to SQLBindParameter which will result in no warning returned.

The ODBC Reference Guide defines WorkArounds2=2 as:

WorkArounds2=2.  Some applications incorrectly specify the ColumnSize/DecimalDigits when binding timestamp parameters.  This workaround causes the driver to ignore the ColumnSize/DecimalDigits
specified by the application and use the database defaults instead.

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References to other documentation:
Connect for ODBC Reference : "WorkAround Options"
https://www.progress.com/documentation/datadirect-connectors
Last Modified Date5/19/2016 10:33 PM
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