Ah, then how do you change the column names when attaching so you can read
the data? I've had RBase prompt me for this when similar problems occurred
in attaching a dbf with the ATTACH command. With SATTACH I just get a
warning.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Johansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:45 AM
Subject: RE: SCONNECT and Illegal Column Names
> Yes,
>
> Try "SET ANSI OFF"
>
> The other issue is a column name in Sybase is the same name as a column in
> RBase and different data types or length. One of them has to change...
>
>
> Ben Johansen - www.pcforge.com
> list commands: www.pcforge.com/WiTangoTalk.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Dan Weissmann
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 7:28 AM
> To: RBase List Server
> Subject: SCONNECT and Illegal Column Names
>
>
> Greetings all. I'm having my first experience of trying to use SATTACH and
> SCONNECT. The table in the foreign source (a Sybase table) appears to
> connect fine, but RBase shows the table as empty (no rows). I also receive
> an error message when connecting which indicates that a few column names
are
> illegal in Rbase. Could this be why RBase sees the table as empty?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
