"alex" <
alex.sm...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> i'm trying to connect to a database with an oledb string passed in from
the
> command line in a c++ console app. the code works when i hardcode the
string
> but not when i read it in from the command line. it's a _bstr_t
> conversion/manipulation issue that i'm sure has been solved, i just can't
> find the solution.
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i was escaping the backslashes on the command line -- that was the mistake
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