command line switch /runtime

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Herbert Becker

Hello!

I hope someone can answerr this:
What exactly is the switch /runtime doing?

The reason for my question is this: I have an MDB which
shows different behavior when either opening it with or
without /runtime.

Here are the details:
I installed Access 97 german on a Windows 2003 Server
english (please don't ask why). The regional setting is
set to German(Austria). I also created a DSN for an Oracle
database, version 7.3.3.2.
Now I can link all Oracle tables to my MDB and all works
fine except for tables containing float values. If I try
to open those (i.e. with a form) I get an error "Error in
column x: String cannot converted into number". But if I
open the MDB along with /runtime, I can open the form,
scroll through all records, edit values, etc. without any
errors!!
I vaguely see the point: The English character used for
decimal numbers is "." whereas we Austrians use "," . I
guess the values in Oracle are handed over with "." and
Access/ODBC takes it for a string.
But why does it matter if I start my application
in /runtime-mode??

Any hints, ideas, comments are appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Herbert
 
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