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Salesforce 8.0 and 7.1.6 ODBC drivers produce different results with identical statement

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TitleSalesforce 8.0 and 7.1.6 ODBC drivers produce different results with identical statement
URL Namesalesforce-v-8-0-and-v7-1-6-odbc-drivers-produce-different-results-with-identical-statement
Article Number000125410
EnvironmentProduct : Progress DataDirect for ODBC for Salesforce Driver
Version : 7.1.6, 8.0
OS : All supported platforms
Database : Salesforce
Application : All supported applications
Question/Problem Description

When running the same statements using 7.1 and 8.0 Salesforce ODBC drivers, different colum names were seen in the result.  With version 8.0, extra characters __c were added.

Steps to Reproduce
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Cause
The default value for connection parameter ConfigOptions CustomSuffix has been changed to 'Include' in version 8.0.
Resolution
To see the same column names in both versions of the driver, set the connection parameter "ConfigOptions" to the value CustomSuffix=strip on the version 8.0 data source.  This will strip the custom suffix.
Workaround
Notes
References to other documentation:
Progress DataDirect for ODBC for Salesforce User's Guide Release 8.0.0 : Connection option descriptions : Config Options
https://docs.progress.com/bundle/datadirect-salesforce-odbc-80/page/Config-Options.html

Progress DataDirect for ODBC for Salesforce User's Guide Release 8.0.0 : Connection option descriptions : Config Options : CustomSuffix (Config Option)
https://docs.progress.com/bundle/datadirect-salesforce-odbc-80/page/CustomSuffix-Config-Option.html
 
Last Modified Date2/6/2021 12:43 AM
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