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Drivers for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Platforms : The Oracle Wire Protocol Driver : Connection Option Descriptions for Oracle Wire Protocol : Enable SQLDescribeParam
 

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Enable SQLDescribeParam

Attribute

EnableDescribeParam (EDP)

Purpose

Determines whether the SQLDescribeParam function describes all parameters with a data type of SQL_VARCHAR for Select statements. For Insert/Update/Delete statements and for stored procedures, the parameters are described as the actual Oracle data types on the Oracle server. This option must be enabled to access data when using Microsoft Remote Data Objects (RDO).

Valid Values

0 | 1

Behavior

If set to 1 (Enabled), the SQLDescribeParam function describes all parameters with a data type of SQL_VARCHAR for Select statements.
If set to 0 (Disabled), the SQLDescribeParam function does not describe all parameters with a data type of SQL_VARCHAR for Select statements.

Default

0 (Disabled)

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