Progress DataDirect ODBC/JDBC driver is incompatible with the Progress OpenEdge database

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A key feature of the OpenEdge database is the variable width nature of the data, from both a storage and query standpoint. Currently the Progress DataDirect ODBC/JDBC driver is incompatible with the Progress OpenEdge database, because when you query a record that has a value larger than the defined max_width, the entire query fails. Querying the offending record will continue to fail until the OpenEdge Database schema is modified. This means, a query that ran fine a moment ago, will now fail forever until the database schema is changed, or the data within the offending record is truncated. One would expect that the Progress DataDirect ODBC/JDBC drivers would be compatible with the Progress OpenEdge database, from the same company. Obviously, this is not the case.

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