HOWTO: ODBC API example of binding to a text column as SQL_C_WCHAR (Doc ID 1583949.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle ODBC Driver - Version 10.2.0.5 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

When pointing to an AL32UTF8 database, the Oracle ODBC driver will describe the column (via SQLDescribeCol) as type -8 - SQL_C_WCHAR

The following example shows the code needed to print out the data correctly.

Create the following table in an AL32UTF8 database:

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