Hi Martijn Tonies,

Just for register question, I'm using on my server the
FireBird 1.5.2.4731 and ODBC driver version 1.2.0.69.
I use the Microsoft Excel 2000, and I view the tables
and fields withou error message, all right.

Regards,

Emerson Muniz
Brazil

datasource, and view the tables. However, when I

> click on the plus sign to
> > expand a table to view its fields, I receive the
> following error message:
> >

--- Martijn Tonies <m.tonies@...> wrote:

>
> Jim,
>
> > I'm working on a WinXP system.
> >
> > I just downloaded and installed the Firebird ODBC
> driver for Windows,
> > version 1.2, dated 8/26/2004.
> >
> > I used that driver to create an ODBC data source
> connecting to a
> > Firebird/Interbase database used by a data
> collection system that we
> > purchased.
> >
> > To test this datasource, I used Excel...Import
> External Data...New data
> > query. This presents me with a dialog box from
> which I am to choose
> > tables/fields to include in the query. I am able
> to connect to the
> > datasource, and view the tables. However, when I
> click on the plus sign to
> > expand a table to view its fields, I receive the
> following error message:
> >
> > ", Dynamic SQL Error, SQL error code = -206,
> Column unknown,
> > FLD.RDB$FIELD_PRECISION, At line 1, Column 112."
>
> Can you check the ODS version of your database?
>
> And what version of Firebird are you using?
>
> With regards,
>
> Martijn Tonies
> Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase,
> Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
> Server
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>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>

Emerson Muniz
emersonmuniz@...
ejms@...
Nova Andradina - MS - Brasil





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