DF_DRIVER_DRIVER_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR

Sets the driver decimal separator for ODBC drivers that do not use the US thousands separator.

Level

Driver

Supported by

DataFlex ODBC Driver, revision 5 and higher

Type

Integer, temporary

Access

Read/Write

Values

ASCII value of separator character

Syntax

Use cli.pkg
Get_Attribute DF_DRIVER_DRIVER_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR of {driverNumber} to {IntegerVariable}
Set_Attribute DF_DRIVER_DRIVER_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR of {driverNumber} to {IntegerVariable}

Driver Configuration Keyword

Driver_Thousands_Separator

Remarks

ODBC demands that drivers use the US thousands separator in the supported SQL. Nevertheless, there are drivers that do not use this format, but rather a format that depends on the country settings of the machine or the database client software. For those environments, the driver thousands separator can be set.

This default value is copied to the database level when logging in to the database. The actual value in use for an active connection is that on the database level. This attribute merely reflects a default.

Sample Code

The sample code below shows the current setting for a given driver.

Function DriverIndex String sDriver Returns Integer
    String sCurrentDriver
    Integer iNumberOfDrivers iDriver iCount

    Move 0 to iDriver
    Get_Attribute DF_NUMBER_DRIVERS to iNumberOfDrivers

    For iCount From 1 To iNumberOfDrivers
        Get_Attribute DF_DRIVER_NAME of iCount To sCurrentDriver
        If (Uppercase(sCurrentDriver) = Uppercase(sDriver)) Begin
            Move iCount to iDriver
        End
    Loop

    Function_Return iDriver
End_Function // DriverIndex

Procedure ShowDriverAttribute Handle hDatabase
    Integer iAttribValue iDriver

    Get DriverIndex "MSSQLDRV" to iDriver
    Get_Attribute DF_DRIVER_DRIVER_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR of iDriver hDatabase to iAttribValue
    Showln "Thousands separator: " iAttribValue ", " (Character(iAttribValue))
End_Procedure