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Problems with BDE

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StevenK

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Jan 5, 2001
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I have developed an application with Delphi to work against a SQL Server database. If I set up a TDatabase component and point a query/datasource and DataGrid and it I view the contents of a database table. From some machines I see the correct strings - ie. 'some text with é characters' displayed in the resultant grid. From other machines with the same operating system (Windows NT 4.0 workstation) I get a situation where the 'é' is converted to a '#' (so I see 'some text with # characters' and then causes this data to be passed through the system.
I'm guessing other people have seen this issue on developing applications ?
Is there a solution ?
I have downloaded an update of the BDE (bde411en.exe) and will attempt to use this and see if this corrects the issue.

As a further note - on the machine I have the hiccup with (# in place of é) I can see the correct string data through using SQL Server Query Analyser.

Can anyone offer any advice with this issue ?

Thanks in advance.

Steve
 
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