How to Query Against ODBC database

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Hi,

I want create a table using sql query in my c# application.
it is getting only odbc connection string.
obviously i can get the database provider by the odbc connection string.
i cant execute the create table query in some database.
it is throwing error.
because all the database field datatypes are not same.
example access database having text as a string type and sql server having
varchar type.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Posted 12-Sep-14 1:15am

Mohamed Rafiq K

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ZurdoDev · Answer 1 · 2014-09-12T01:37:00

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The only way you can have your application support multiple types of datasources is if you write the different versions of the tsql based on your target. Microsoft Access will be different than Sql which is different than MySql which is different than Oracle. They all have some different syntax rules.

I would suggest you make it a requirement that only one type of data source can be used or else you'll need to write classes for each of the types.

Posted 12-Sep-14 1:37am

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Mohamed Rafiq K 12-Sep-14 8:37am

is that the only way because in realtime many database targets may come.
i need to write for each and every type of providers

ZurdoDev 12-Sep-14 8:47am

You may get lucky and find that someone has already written something for it that you can buy, but yes, since every provider is different there is no magic to make them all work together.