Boom! Just like that!
? STRCONV( column_name, 6)
... should convert my Unicode values back to UTF8. Thank you Rick
Strahl (once you get back from surfing the day away.).
-Kevin
On 06/18/2012 02:58 PM, Kevin Cully wrote:
> I don't think I described the problem sufficiently.m!
>
> I'm getting the cursor back in VFP, but I believe the values are double
> byte length. (Or something.)
>
> I'm seeing the value of "c l o n g t e x t" in my cursor's column_name
> column instead of what I was expecting as "clongtext". That's not just
> a space in there that could be fixed with a replace all column_name with
> strtran(column_name, " ", ""). I think I need to force the response to
> be win-1252, or to post-process the cursor to be win-1252.
>
> I'm trying to Google Rick Strahl's articles to see if he has a solution,
> but my Google skills are lacking today.
>
> Thanks Mike!
>
> On 06/18/2012 02:53 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
>> On 6/18/2012 2:26 PM, Kevin Cully wrote:
>>> Hello Profoxians,
>>>
>>> I'm issuing a:
>>> select * from information_schema.columns where table_name = '{mytablename}';
>>> on a PostgreSQL 9.1 database. I believe I'm getting back UTF-8 values
>>> in the VFP cursor field of "column_name".
>>>
>>> I'm drawing a blank on how to get this back to the format to be consumed
>>> in VFP. Win-1252? Any tips? I should know this but ... it's moving
>>> off into the fog of my memory. TIA.
>> Not sure I completely understand, but a WAG:
>>
>> ? sqlexec(giHandle,'describe MyTable','curStructure')
>>
>>
>>
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