Part 3: The 32-Bit Drivers : The Text Driver

The Text Driver
The DataDirect Connect for ODBC Text driver (the Text driver) supports:
ASCII text files
These files can be printed directly or edited with text editors or word processors, because none of the data is stored in a binary format.
The Text driver is 32-bit only and is supported in the Windows, UNIX, and Linux environments. See Environment-Specific Information for detailed information about the environments supported by this driver.
The Text driver executes SQL statements directly on the text files. The driver supports Insert statements and inserts the record at the end of the file. You can execute Update and Delete statements conditionally.
The Text driver can access files up to 15 GB in size.
Refer to the readme file shipped with your DataDirect Connect product for the file name of the text driver.
Driver Requirements
Formats for Text Files
Configuring Data Sources
Using a Connection String
Connection Option Descriptions
Defining Table Structure on Windows
Defining Table Structure on UNIX and Linux
Example of QETXT.INI
Date Masks
Data Types
Select Statement
Alter Table Statement
SQL Support
ODBC Conformance Level
Number of Connections and Statements Supported

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