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Storing more than 254 characters to foxpro 2.6 memo field through c# ODBC

Asked by: nateday76

I'm trying to store notes to a foxpro memo field through a .net application. I keep getting cut off at 254 characters which seems to be a limitation of the ODBC driver because i have no problem inserting large bodies of text through the regular foxpro application.

Does anyone know a practical way to store large bodies of text to a memo field through the ODBC? Is there a way to append new text to existing memo field so I'm not sending as many characters through?

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Answers

 

by: pcelbaPosted on 2009-08-12 at 14:29:20ID: 25083235

String literals are restricted to 254 chars, you must use variable. Please post code example.

 

by: pcelbaPosted on 2009-08-12 at 14:33:18ID: 25083273

BTW, what ODBC version do you have? The latest one is version 6, not 2.6. If you would use VFPOLEDB via ADO then it is in version 9. Both of then can work with tables in FoxPro 2.6 format.

 

by: nateday76Posted on 2009-08-12 at 16:01:09ID: 25083963

What do you mean by variable?

Code is below. I'm using version 6 for the odbc driver. THe tables I'm connecting to are version 2.6.

<script runat="server">
   
 
void CustomerDetail_ItemUpdating(object sender, DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs e)
  {
    TextBox nextCallDate = (TextBox)DetailsView1.FindControl("next_call");
    TextBox notesBox = (TextBox)DetailsView1.FindControl("notes");
    string nextCallString = nextCallDate.Text.ToString();
    string notesString = notesBox.Text.ToString();
    string billid = Request.QueryString["id"];
    notesString = notesString.Replace("'","\"");
 
    Oakstreet.UpdateParameters["notes"].DefaultValue = notesString;
    
 
    Oakstreet.UpdateCommand = "UPDATE customrs set next_call ={^" + nextCallString + "}, notes = ? WHERE cust_id = '" + billid + "'";
    
    Oakstreet.Update();
    
    
  }
 
 
</script>
 
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="Content" Runat="Server">
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <asp:DetailsView ID="DetailsView1" runat="server" BackColor="White" 
        BorderColor="#DEDFDE" BorderStyle="None" BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="4" 
        DataSourceID="Oakstreet" ForeColor="Black" GridLines="Vertical" Height="50px" 
        Width="600px" AutoGenerateEditButton="True" AutoGenerateRows="False" >
        <FooterStyle BackColor="#CCCC99" />
        <RowStyle BackColor="#F7F7DE" />
        <PagerStyle BackColor="#F7F7DE" ForeColor="Black" HorizontalAlign="Right" />
        <Fields>
            <asp:BoundField DataField="cust_id" HeaderText="Bill ID #" ReadOnly="True" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="name" HeaderText="Name" ReadOnly="True"  />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="city" HeaderText="City" ReadOnly="True" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="state" HeaderText="State" ReadOnly="True" />
            <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Next Call Date">
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <asp:Label ID="next_call" Text='<%# Bind("next_call","{0:yyyy/MM/dd}") %>' Runat="server" ReadOnly="true" Wrap="true" Height="30px" Width="150px" />
                </ItemTemplate>
                <EditItemTemplate>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="next_call" Text='<%# Bind("next_call","{0:yyyy/MM/dd}") %>' Runat="server" ReadOnly="false" Wrap="true" Height="30px" Width="150px" />
 
                </EditItemTemplate>
            </asp:TemplateField>
            <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Notes" HeaderStyle-VerticalAlign="Top">
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <asp:Label ID="notes" Text='<%# Bind("notes") %>' Runat="server" ReadOnly="true" Wrap="true" TextMode="MultiLine" Height="300px" Width="600px" />
                </ItemTemplate>
                <EditItemTemplate>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="notes" Text='<%# Bind("notes") %>' Runat="server" ReadOnly="false" Wrap="true" TextMode="MultiLine" Height="300px" Width="600px" />
 
                </EditItemTemplate>
            </asp:TemplateField>
        </Fields>
        <HeaderStyle BackColor="#6B696B" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
        <EditRowStyle BackColor="#CE5D5A" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" Wrap="true" Width="600px" Height="100%" />
        <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" />
       
    </asp:DetailsView>
    <asp:SqlDataSource ID="Oakstreet" runat="server" 
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:OakODBC %>" 
        ProviderName="<%$ ConnectionStrings:OakODBC.ProviderName %>" 
        
        SelectCommand="SELECT cust_id,name,city,state,next_call, notes FROM customrs WHERE cust_id=?" 
        UpdateCommand="update customrs set next_call=?, notes=? where cust_id=?">
        <UpdateParameters>
           <asp:Parameter Name="next_call" Type="DateTime"/>
           <asp:Parameter Name="notes" />
           <asp:QueryStringParameter Name="cust_id" QueryStringField="id" DefaultValue="26555" />
        </UpdateParameters>
        <SelectParameters>
            <asp:QueryStringParameter Name="cust_id" QueryStringField="id" DefaultValue="26555" />
        </SelectParameters>
        </asp:SqlDataSource>
    </form>
</asp:Content>
                                              
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by: pcelbaPosted on 2009-08-12 at 18:51:11ID: 25084983

Based on this description: http://www.foxite.com/archives/insert-text-more-than-254-characters-0000047909.htm it seems the Default parameter does not support more than 254 characters and you should use standard parameter definition.

OleDbType enumeration is here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.oledb.oledbtype(VS.80).aspx

Maybe you will be forced to change bigger part of your code than only this one:

Oakstreet.UpdateCommand = "UPDATE customrs set next_call ={^" + nextCallString + "}, notes = ? WHERE cust_id = '" + billid + "'";
    
Oakstreet.Parameters.Add("notes", OleDbType.Char, 10000).Value = notesString; 
 
Oakstreet.Update();
    
                                              
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by: nateday76Posted on 2009-08-14 at 09:41:36ID: 25099976

I tried the first post and am still unable to add more than 254 characters. i'm really stumped here.

TextBox nextCallDate = (TextBox)DetailsView1.FindControl("next_call");
    TextBox notesBox = (TextBox)DetailsView1.FindControl("notes");
    string nextCallString = nextCallDate.Text.ToString();
    string notesString = notesBox.Text.ToString();
    string billid = Request.QueryString["id"];
    notesString = notesString.Replace("'","\"");
    Char pad = Convert.ToChar("-");
    notesString = notesString.PadRight(2500, pad);
    
    //Oakstreet.UpdateParameters["notes"].DefaultValue = notesString;
 
    //Oakstreet.UpdateCommand = "UPDATE customrs set next_call ={^" + nextCallString + "}, notes = '" + notesString + "' WHERE cust_id = '" + billid + "'";
    
    //Oakstreet.Update();
    
    string strConnect = Oakstreet.ConnectionString.ToString();
 
    OdbcConnection updateConnection = new OdbcConnection(strConnect);
    updateConnection.Open();
    OdbcCommand updateCommand = updateConnection.CreateCommand();
    updateCommand.CommandText = "UPDATE customrs set next_call ={^" + nextCallString + "}, notes = ? WHERE cust_id = ?";
    updateCommand.Parameters.Add("notes", OdbcType.Char, 10000).Value = notesString;
    updateCommand.Parameters.Add("cust_id", OdbcType.Int, 5).Value = billid;
    updateCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
    updateConnection.Close();

                                              
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by: pcelbaPosted on 2009-08-14 at 13:24:00ID: 25101982

It seems even the foxite has errors in their examples... BUT I've fixed it and in VS2008 it works.

You have to use OdbcType.Text:

updateCommand.Parameters.Add("notes", OdbcType.Text, 10000).Value = notesString;

The parameter size (10000 here) is the maximum parameter size. Longer strings will be truncated to this size.

 

by: nateday76Posted on 2009-08-14 at 13:30:12ID: 25102044

You rock.

 

by: nateday76Posted on 2009-08-14 at 13:35:26ID: 25102090

One thing I notice is that I don't see any reason to pad the string?

 

by: pcelbaPosted on 2009-08-14 at 13:36:05ID: 25102096

You are welcome.  I am still learning...

 

by: pcelbaPosted on 2009-08-14 at 13:36:46ID: 25102104

Exactly, padding is not necessary.

 

by: nateday76Posted on 2009-08-14 at 13:38:44ID: 25102129

I've been fighting this for 3 days. Thank you.

 

by: pcelbaPosted on 2009-08-14 at 13:43:08ID: 25102170

I've been lazy to write and test the C# code earlier. Sorry for that.

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