BUG: SQL Server ODBC Driver Incorrectly Maps Unicode Datatypes with SQL_C_DEFAULT (293659)

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#define UNICODE

#include <windows.h>
#include <sql.h>
#include <sqlext.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

main ()
{
	HSTMT hstmt;
	HENV henv;
	HDBC hdbc;
	SDWORD cbValueMax;
	SQLRETURN sr;
	wchar_t buffer[200];
	long keyval;
	BYTE outbuff[102];
	SQLINTEGER StrLen_or_Ind1 = sizeof( long ), StrLen_or_Ind2;

	//Allocate environment handle.
    sr = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, SQL_NULL_HANDLE, &henv);

	//Set the ODBC version.
    sr = SQLSetEnvAttr(henv, SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (void*)SQL_OV_ODBC3, 0);

	//Allocate connection handle.
    sr = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, henv, &hdbc); 

	//Connect.
    sr=SQLConnect(hdbc,L"LocalServer",SQL_NTS,L"sa",SQL_NTS,L"",SQL_NTS);

	//Allocate statement handle.
    sr = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, hdbc, &hstmt);

    wcscpy( buffer, L"select * from ntesttab" );
    cbValueMax = strlen( ( char * ) buffer);
	memset( outbuff, 0, 100 );
    
	//Execute the statement.
    sr = SQLExecDirect(hstmt, buffer, SQL_NTS );

	//Bind the columns.
	sr = SQLBindCol( hstmt, 1, SQL_C_LONG, & keyval, sizeof( long ), & StrLen_or_Ind1 );

	//Here we are binding the WCHAR column to SQL_C_DEFAULT. 
	//If you do this, you will see that the value in outbuff is truncated. 
	//You will see the truncation only when you have some Unicode data.
	//Also, the test table ntesttab has a field which is nchar(10). 
	//So StrLen_or_Ind2 should report 20, but due to this bug it will 
	//report 10.
	sr = SQLBindCol( hstmt, 2, SQL_C_DEFAULT, & outbuff, 100, & StrLen_or_Ind2 );

	//Comment the above, and uncomment the following line to correct 
	//this problem. If you bind it to SQL_C_WCHAR, the outbuff will 
	//contain Unicode data and StrLen_or_Ind2 will correctly report 20.

	//sr = SQLBindCol( hstmt, 2, SQL_C_WCHAR, & outbuff, 100, & StrLen_or_Ind2 );

	//Fetch the data.
	sr = SQLFetch( hstmt );

	//Examine the memory for outbuff here to see the returned value as char, not wchar.


	//Free connection/statement/environment.
	SQLFreeStmt( hstmt, SQL_CLOSE );
	SQLFreeStmt( hstmt, SQL_DROP );
	SQLDisconnect( hdbc );
	SQLFreeHandle( SQL_HANDLE_DBC, hdbc );
	SQLFreeHandle( SQL_HANDLE_ENV, henv );

    return (0); 
}
				

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[ntesttab] (
	[id] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
	[unicodeText] [nchar] (10)  NULL 
) ON [PRIMARY]