Re: [HACKERS] Re: [INTERFACES] Odbc parser error

Byron Nikolaidis <byronn@insightdist.com> wrote:

> Sferacarta Software wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Seems that ODBC driver have some problems while it translate Access
> > commands.
> > I created a form with a subform joined by two columns.
        [...]
> > NB: Note that parser translate ("progressivo" =  NULL) instead of
> > ("progressivo" IS NULL).
> >
> >
>
> Yes, the NULL works for parameters of an update statement, where Access would
> specify a statement such as "update table set param = ? where x = 1".  But
> it doesn't work in a select statement.  I don't think I have much to work
> with here.  The statement comes in as something like "select * from table
> where x = ?".  I have to replace the ? with something.  On updates, 'NULL'
> works fine.
>
> I'm not sure what to do about this.  On other dbms, parameter passing is
> handled through a separate protocol to the backend, usually after a prepare
> statement, so on these its no problem to send a null, or large amounts of
> ascii/binary data, without having to worry about direct substitution into
> the sql string or hitting the upper limit of the statement string.  I think
> until Postgres has such as protocol for parameter substitution/passing, it
> will be difficult to fix this problem.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Byron

How about subsitution any occurance of /=[ \t]*?/ with "IS NULL".  This should
work for both select and update statements.
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