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Re: Odbc and client library/drivers

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Date	2012-09-19 16:57 -0700
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Subject	Re: Odbc and client library/drivers
From	rja.carnegie@gmail.com

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How about using views on the server on the same table - then you can 
stick to using "SELECT *" in queries, but you can use different column 
orders on the same table in different views.  In MS SQL Server,
I suppose probably in Oracle as well, you can also INSERT, UPDATE,
and DELETE on a view.

Also, if your elderly ODBC tool is upset by some modern data types,
then you could use views so that those columns either don't appear,
or are CONVERT-ed to something more digestible.

For INSERT etc., in such a case, you may be able to define triggers 
on a view that intercept an action that makes excessively simple 
assumptions about the nature of a table where you have actually
used a view, and, instead, the trigger performs complicated data
operations that your client program doesn't need to control directly.

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Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-18 10:48 -0700
  Re: Odbc and client library/drivers Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-09-18 21:57 +0200
    Re: Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-18 13:24 -0700
      Re: Odbc and client library/drivers George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2012-09-19 11:46 -0400
      Re: Odbc and client library/drivers Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-09-19 21:16 +0200
        Re: Odbc and client library/drivers Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-19 13:14 -0700
          Re: Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-19 13:41 -0700
            Re: Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-19 13:45 -0700
              Re: Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-19 13:56 -0700
                Re: Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-19 14:00 -0700
        Re: Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-19 13:26 -0700
          Re: Odbc and client library/drivers Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-09-19 23:44 +0200
            Re: Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-20 01:50 -0700
              Re: Odbc and client library/drivers Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-09-20 23:31 +0200
                Re: Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-21 01:18 -0700
                Re: Odbc and client library/drivers bradbury9 <ray.bradbury9@gmail.com> - 2012-09-21 02:57 -0700
                Re: Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-21 03:10 -0700
                Re: Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-21 03:14 -0700
  Re: Odbc and client library/drivers rja.carnegie@gmail.com - 2012-09-19 16:57 -0700
    Re: Odbc and client library/drivers björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2012-09-20 01:58 -0700

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