[AccessD] Data from Informix to Access - dirty reads?

Mark A Matte markamatte at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 7 15:54:20 CST 2005


Marty,

Thanks for the link.  The linked Informix table shows CASE_ID 
datatype=NUMBER and fieldsize=DOUBLE.

Thanks,

Mark


>From: MartyConnelly <martyconnelly at shaw.ca>
>Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem 
>solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>To: Access Developers discussion and problem 
>solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Data from Informix to Access - dirty reads?
>Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:48:14 -0800
>
>What is the Informix table field definition of  case_id ie. VChar, Char, 
>Text etc.
>It seems like Access is trying to read a null terminated string and is 
>treating the "0" as a null or Ascii zero.
>Here is ado field type mapping between some databases unfortunately 
>Informix is not included
>http://www.able-consulting.com/ADODataTypeEnum.htm
>
>Mark A Matte wrote:
>
>>Hello All,
>>
>>Any feedback on this last post?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "Mark A Matte" <markamatte at hotmail.com>
>>>Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem 
>>>solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>>>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>>>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Data from Informix to Access - dirty reads?
>>>Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:39:12 +0000
>>>
>>>Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>>Thanks for all the feedback.  I'm still a little lost on this one. Here 
>>>is the current status:
>>>
>>>2 seperate machines:
>>>Machine1
>>>NT
>>>A97
>>>
>>>Machine2
>>>2K Server
>>>A97
>>>A2K
>>>
>>>Machine1 will loop through the records...but will crash when the caseID 
>>>ends in '0' .  When I use the SQL "SELECT case_id from ps_rc_case WHERE 
>>>case_id<100" and loop through the case_id...I crash on 10...if I select 
>>> >11 it crashes on 20. If I loop though a different field(text fields) 
>>>"SELECT Name_First from ps_rc_case WHERE case_id<100" and loop through 
>>>Name_First...it works fine...but I need the case_id.
>>>
>>>Machine2 (using A97 or A2k) with the same code will loop through the 
>>>records without errors...except 10 returns as 1, 20 as 2, 25460 as 2546, 
>>>etc.
>>>
>>>So something is going on with both machines when the number ends in '0'.
>>>
>>>A suggestion from a friends was:"SELECT substr(case_id,1) as ttt from 
>>>ps_rc_case WHERE case_id<100"...and loop through 'ttt'.  This actually 
>>>works on both machines...I'm just not sure why.
>>>
>>>Finally...the whole reason behind the original question was 'whats the 
>>>fastest way to get data from an Informix db to a local Access db'?  I had 
>>>never used ADO...and was using Append queries from a linked Informix 
>>>table to a local temp table.  Now that I have the recordset...whats the 
>>>most efficient way to get it into my temp table?
>>>
>>>Thanks Again,
>>>
>>>Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>
>>>>Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem 
>>>>solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>>>>To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem 
>>>>solving'"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>>>>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Data from Informix to Access - dirty reads?
>>>>Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:52:04 -0800
>>>>
>>>>Hi Tom:
>>>>
>>>>You may be right as I have never used a 'read-only' recordset but by 
>>>>setting
>>>>the recordset to 'static' will give the same features and superior
>>>>performance....Second only to 'forward-only'.
>>>>
>>>>Jim
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>>>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tom Bolton
>>>>Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:11 AM
>>>>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>>>>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Data from Informix to Access - dirty reads?
>>>>
>>>>Jim
>>>>
>>>>If the cursor lock type is set to read-only, you can still scroll 
>>>>through it
>>>>but will raise an error if you try to edit it.
>>>>
>>>>The ability to read through the cursor depends on it's type - you can 
>>>>read
>>>>through all of them, apart from a forward-only cursor where as the name
>>>>suggests you can't scroll backwards i.e. rs.MovePrevious, rs.MoveFirst.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers
>>>>Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Jim Lawrence [mailto:accessd at shaw.ca]
>>>>Sent: 03 February 2005 06:03
>>>>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>>>>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Data from Informix to Access - dirty reads?
>>>>
>>>>Hi Mark:
>>>>
>>>>If you set the recordset to read-only (adLockReadOnly) how do you expect
>>>>read through the recordset. Try something like:
>>>>
>>>>rsRecordset.Open strSQL cnConnection, adOpenStatic, adLockOptimistic
>>>>
>>>>HTH
>>>>Jim
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>>>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark A Matte
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:59 AM
>>>>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>>>>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Data from Informix to Access - dirty reads?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for the feed back...but it didn't change anything.  Something 
>>>>else
>>>>I've noticed...I can use the same SQL criteria, except select a 
>>>>different
>>>>field and I can loop through those records without a problem...it just
>>>>occurs when I try to display or reference the case_id when it is more 
>>>>than 2
>>>>
>>>>digits?
>>>>
>>>>I'm thoroughly confused at this point...and once I get it to loop 
>>>>through
>>>>the recordset...How do I get the recordset into a local/temp table?
>>>>Although...without the case_id...the last questions doesn't really 
>>>>matter
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Mark
>>>>
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