ORACLE ODBC 8.1.7.6 and Access 2000 (RAMDAC 2.7)

Question

I wanted to use a Pass-through query in microsoft access 2000 and got some inexplicable results.
I Use
- Oracle ODBC 8.1.7.6
- Microsoft Access 2000
- RAMDAC 2.7
Server Oracle-Version = 7.3.4
Server NLS_LANG = AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8HP
Server Language = ENGLISH
Local Client oracle-Version= 8.1.7
Local NLS_LANG = GERMAN_GERMANY.WE8HP
Local Language = GERMANY
I use a field called 'STOK' and the value is 10.5
ORACLE-Driver | MICROSOFT ODBC for ORACLE
If I only want to display the value, I get 105 <- not OK | 10.5
If I use NVL(STOK,0), I get 10.5 | 10 <- not OK
If I use SUM(STOK), I get 10.5 | 10 <- not OK
If I use STOK*STOK, I get 110.25 | 110 <- not OK
If I use STOK*5, I get 52.5 | 52 <- not OK
Direct link (not pass through 105 <- not OK | 10.5
Is there a possibility, that I can use direct link and pass through with the same driver. I couldn't manage it

Answer 1

Most of our applications use Oracle server versions 7.3, 8.0 and 8.1.
The clients are written in Microsoft Access, Versions 97 and 2000.
Our experience using ODBC is that it only runs correct when on the client the parameter NLS_LANG is set to AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8... (we use WE8ISO8859P1)!
Be sure to set the right NLS_LANG parameter, there are more than one. If in doubt set them all to the same value.
Kind regards,
Ralf L|thke