Fortunately, my application only puts strings into nvarchar fields, but I'll
have us check to see if that's a problem. Thanks for the head's up.
Kurt in Atlanta
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Juan Lorandi (Chile) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 11:09 AM
>To: Orion-Interest
>Subject: RE: Ok. I feel dumb. Data Sources and MS SQL.
>
>
>Last week I bailed out of SprintA 2000, because variable
>length fields don't
>grow...
>
>Bugzilla #127
>
>Say, you have an Object/Serializable field in a CMP bean...
>It's mapped to either a nvarchar(S), or a varbinary(S)
>Whenever the serializable version of the object is bigger than S (look
>above) SprintA fails miserably
>
>However, I have not successfully confirmed that it's a SprintA
>problem, but
>I surely can make varbinarys grow
>using ADO, so must be a bug in the german product (SprintA 2000)
>
>HTH (before it's too late),
>
>
>Rifle
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kurt Hoyt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Mi�rcoles, 25 de Octubre de 2000 10:06
>To: Orion-Interest
>Subject: RE: Ok. I feel dumb. Data Sources and MS SQL.
>
>
>I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you'll have to spring
>for a type 4
>JDBC driver. We bought the one from Inet Software called
>"Sprinta 2000". The
>price was reasonable and it performs comparably with the best of them.
>That's how we got Orion and SQL Server 7 and Win2K to work together.
>
>Kurt in Atlanta
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kimberley Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 9:16 PM
>To: Orion-Interest
>Subject: Ok. I feel dumb. Data Sources and MS SQL.
>
>
>Hiya,
>
>Feeling real stupid here. I'm examining data sources and
>getting totally
>confused. Maybe I'm just burnt out. Haven't had a holiday in
>five years.
>Sigh.
>
>Back to business. We're *forced* to use Microsoft SQL 7 and
>Win2K. How do I
>set up the datasource xml file to handle this? I can't seem to
>find anything
>on this in the email lists on in the docs. The only drivers I
>have are the
>ODBC bridges (The invisible hidden MS one and the standard Sun
>one) and I'm
>not paying for a Type IV driver at the outrageous prices I've
>been presented
>with from BEA and the like. Has anyone done this before or can
>point me in
>the right direction?
>
>A tired developer who's feeling very old and dim...
>
>Kimberley Scott
>Senior Web Developer
>Peakhour Pty Ltd
>http://smartoffice.com.au <<- just built. needs work. ASP/COM
>Sigh. What can
>I say?
>http://peakhour.com.au <<- corporate site
>http://www.geocities.com/kimmie_scott <<-me
>
>
>
