[Mono-bugs] [Bug 73159][Nor] New - ODBC type SQL_WVARCHAR is not supported

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Changed by timo-mono@pokorra.de.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=73159

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+Bug#: 73159
+Product: Mono: Class Libraries
+Version: 1.1
+OS: All
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Normal
+Component: Sys.Data
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: timo-mono@pokorra.de               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: ODBC type SQL_WVARCHAR is not supported
+
+When reading from an ODBC Source that has a column with type SQL_WVARCHAR,
+you will receive an System.ArgumentException, with the Message "Invalid
+Native Type".
+
+Steps to reproduce the problem:
+1. Access a DataReader, that has a column with the ODBC type SQL_WVARCHAR
+(integer value: -9) in it. (it happens for example when using the
+PostgreSQL ODBC driver on Windows, when accessing a column that was created
+with e.g. VARCHAR(20), in a latin-1 encoding; strangely enough, it works
+fine with the unixODBC driver for PostgreSQL on Linux).
+2. Try to access the value from the IDataReader reader:
+string myString = (string) reader["myWVarcharColumn"];
+
+Actual Results:
+The ODBC type is not recognized. The Exception System.ArgumentException is
+thrown.
+
+Expected Results:
+The value should be returned as a string.