"Len Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ... I cannot seem to make Postgres join two
> tables when the type of one is char(9) and the other is character
> varying(9). The machine seems to go into an endless loop.
What? Specific example, please.
> A similar problem I have is with fix precision fields. I want to
> export a numeric(10,2) number from Access but they always end up
> numeric(30,6).
I don't think our 6.5.* ODBC driver knows anything about numeric,
so you're probably going to get default numeric precision if you
go through it. You might have better luck with 7.0.
regards, tom lane