Microsoft ODBC bug

[Herwin Weststrate]

On 21-06-19 16:27, Dom Latter wrote:
>>    Maybe if it was 256, or 2^16 or 2^31. But a 5-digit number?  WTF.
> 
> Indeed.  But four digits = four 8 byte characters = 32 bits.
> 
> And five makes 40 bits.  Hence by some amazingly flawed logic,
> 9999 is fine, and 10000 is  "too big to go in an int".
> 
> And that is the only plausible explanation I can think of.
> 
> As I said, I would love to see the source code behind this...

Out of curiosity, does -999 work, and does -1000 fail?


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Herwin Weststrate