EnableCharToWCharMapping IBM data server driver configuration keyword
Specifies the default SQL type associated with SQL_CHAR, SQL_VARCHAR, SQL_LONGVARCHAR.
- Equivalent CLI keyword
- MapCharToWChar
- Equivalent IBM® Data Server Provider for .NET connection string keyword
- N/A
- db2dsdriver.cfg configuration syntax
<parameter name="EnableCharToWCharMapping" value="0 | 1"/>- Default setting:
- The default SQL type representation for SQL_CHAR, SQL_VARCHAR and SQL_LONGVARCHAR is used.
- Equivalent connection attribute:
- SQL_ATTR_MAPCHAR
- Usage notes:
- EnableCharToWCharMapping controls the SQL type that is returned
when describing SQL_CHAR, SQL_VARCHAR and SQL_LONGVARCHAR columns
or parameter markers. Set EnableCharToWCharMapping as follows:
- 0 - to return the default SQL type representation
- 1 - to return SQL_CHAR as SQL_WCHAR, SQL_VARCHAR as SQL_WVARCHAR, and SQL_LONGVARCHAR as SQL_WLONGVARCHAR
Only the following CLI functions are affected by setting EnableCharToWCharMapping:- SQLColumns()
- SQLColAttribute()
- SQLDescribeCol()
- SQLDescribeParam()
- SQLGetDescField()
- SQLGetDescRec()
- SQLProcedureColumns()