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From: Helen B. <he...@fi...> - 2007-09-17 02:27:23
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At 10:59 AM 17/09/2007, you wrote: >Is there any reason to ask charset and dialect to user in DSN window? Yes, absolutely. >Shouldnt be obtained from the DB at connect time? How could it? ODBC is a *client* interface. A client has to be *connected* to a database in order to read the database file. Charset and dialect are connection parameters, i.e., they are needed for the connection request. Helen |