Can't change ODBC configuration

Question

Hello Guys, hope you can help me on this. The platform is:
Server Oracle 10g R2 10.2.0.3 on Windows 2003 Server R2 english
Client Oracle ODBC 10g R2 10.2.0.3 on Windows XP SP3 english
Oracle Server NLS Configuration:
NLS_LANGUAGE     SPANISH
NLS_TERRITORY     SPAIN
NLS_CURRENCY     €
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY     SPAIN
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS     ,.
NLS_CALENDAR     GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT     DD/MM/RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE     SPANISH
NLS_CHARACTERSET     WE8MSWIN1252
NLS_SORT     SPANISH
NLS_TIME_FORMAT     HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT     DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT     HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT     DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY     €
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET     AL16UTF16
NLS_COMP     BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS     BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP     FALSE
Oracle Server Regional and Language Options:
Standars and formats: English (United States)
Decimal symbol: .
No. of digists after decimal: 2
Digit grouping symbol: ,
Location: United States
Client machine Regional and Language Options:
Standars and formats: Spanish (Chile)
Decimal symbol: ,
No. of digists after decimal: 2
Digit grouping symbol: .
Location: Chile
THE PROBLEM
The user open a specific application that uses ODBC to connect to the database.
If the ODBC (System DSN), is configured to "Use Oracle NLS Settings" in numeric settings, then the application deploy the numbers without decimals
But if we change the ODBC settings to "Use US Settings" the application deploy the numbers with two decimals
The usern doesnt have the privileges to change that setting, what can I do to solve this issue?
Best regards.

Answer 1

It depends on your connect code, but you may be able specify NUM= in the connection string.
This is from the Oracle ODBC docs..
hope it helps
Greg
Format of the Connection String
The following table describes keywords that can be included in the connection string argument of the SQLDriverConnect function call. Missing keywords will be read from the 32-bit Administrator entry for the data source. Values specified in the connection string will override those contained in the 32-bit Administrator entry. See the Microsoft ODBC 3.51 Software Development Kit and Programmer's Reference for more information about the SQLDriverConnect function.
Keyword
Meaning
Values (bolded values in this column indicate the default setting)
DSN
ODBC Data Source Name
User-supplied name.
DBQ
TNS Service Name
User-supplied name.
UID
User ID or User Name
User-supplied name.
PWD
Password
User-supplied password. Specify PWD=; for an empty password.
DBA
Database Attribute
W=write access.
R=read-only access.
APA
Applications Attributes
T=Thread Safety Enabled.
F=Thread Safety Disabled.
RST
Result Sets
T=Result Sets Enabled.
F=Result Sets Disabled.
QTO
Query Timeout Option
T=Query Timeout Enabled.
F=Query Timeout Disabled.
CSR
Close Cursor
T=Close Cursor Enabled.
F=Close Cursor Disabled.
BNF
Bind NUMBER as FLOAT
T=Bind NUMBER as FLOAT.
F=Bind NUMBER as NUMBER.
DRH
Disable Rule Hint
T=Disable Rule Hint.
F=Enable Rule Hint.
BAM
Batch Autocommit Mode
IfAllSuccessful=Commit only if all statements are successful (old behavior).
UpToFirstFailure=Commit up to first failing statement (V7 ODBC behavior).
AllSuccessful=Commit all successful statements (only when connected to an Oracle database; against other databases, same behavior as V7).
FBS
Fetch Buffer Size
User-supplied numeric value (specify a value in bytes of 0 or greater).
The default is 60,000 bytes.
FEN
Failover
T=Failover Enabled.
F=Failover Disabled.
FRC
Failover Retry Count
User-supplied numeric value.
The default is 10.
FDL
Failover Delay
User-supplied numeric value.
The default is 10.
LOB
LOB Writes
T=LOBs Enabled.
F=LOBs Disabled.
MTS
Microsoft Transaction Server Support
T=Disabled.
F=Enabled.
FWC
Force SQL_WCHAR Support
T=Force SQL_WCHAR Enabled.
F=Force SQL_WCHAR Disabled.
EXC
EXEC Syntax
T=EXEC Syntax Enabled.
F=EXEC Syntax Disabled.
XSM
Schema Field
Default=Default.
Database=Database Name.
Owner=Owner Name.
MDI
Set Metadata ID Default
T=SQL_ATTR_METADATA_ID defaults to SQL_TRUE.
F=SQL_ATTR_METADATA_ID defaults to SQL_FALSE.
DPM
Disable SQLDescribeParam
T=SQLDescribeParam Disabled.
F=SQLDescribeParam Enabled.
BTD
Bind TIMESTAMP as DATE
T=Bind SQL_TIMESTAMP as Oracle DATE
F=Bind SQL_TIMESTAMP as Oracle TIMESTAMP
NUM
Numeric Settings
NLS=Use Oracle NLS numeric settings (to determine the decimal and group separator).
MS=Use Microsoft regional settings.
US=Use US settings.
If the following keyword is specified in the connection string, the Oracle ODBC Driver will not read any values defined from the 32-bit Administrator:
DRIVER={Oracle ODBC Driver}
Examples of valid connection strings are:
1) DSN=Personnel;UID=Kotzwinkle;PWD=;
2) DRIVER={Oracle ODBC Driver};UID=Kotzwinkle;PWD=whatever;DBQ=instl_alias;DBA=W;