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ODBC driver for Elasticsearch SQL
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Investigate a workaround for apps using dot as catalog separator #238

Open bpintea opened 4 years ago

bpintea commented 4 years ago

ODBC offers an info type allowing the client application to query the driver on what catalog separator to use. ES uses : with the . having a special semantic with JSON (nested) docs. Nevertheless, some applications either don't bother making the proper info call (ex. Alteryx) or disregard the response if they do (ex Crystal Reports).

A workaround could consist of: