MySQL Bugs: #39381: Strings not supported through SQLGetDescField()

Bug #39381	Strings not supported through SQLGetDescField()
Submitted:	11 Sep 2008 5:27	Modified:	12 Sep 2008 2:07
Reporter:	Jess Balint
Status:	In progress
Category:	Connector/ODBC	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.1	OS:	Any
Assigned to:	Bugs System	Target Version:	5.1
Tags:	Contribution
Triage:	D3 (Medium)

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Description:
SQLGetDescField() ignores strings. This needs to be implemented.

How to repeat:
Try to retrieve a string, the buffer won't be filled.

Suggested fix:
Yuriy has provided an initial patch at:

http://lists.mysql.com/internals/35905