MSSQL linked server supplied inconsistent metadata for a column - sql-server

I'm facing a difficult to run 'SUM' syntax from a linked server(PostgreSQL) in MSSQL, the connection created via ODBC driver.
If I only retrieve the data, there isn't any problem,
select * from OpenQuery([192.168.1.145],'
select party_code, amount_forex from biv_so_main
')
If I try to sum the value, it throws an error,
select * from OpenQuery([192.168.1.145],'
select party_code, sum(amount_forex) from biv_so_main group by party_code
')
Error message
The OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "192.168.1.145" supplied inconsistent metadata for a column. The column "sum" (compile-time ordinal 2) of object "
select party_code, sum(amount_forex) from biv_so_main group by party_code
" was reported to have a "SCALE" of 6 at compile time and 2 at run time.
I googled a lot, seems nobody has the same issue like me, anybody can help?
Thanks.

add an alias to your sum column and cast into a datatype (into whatever type amount_forex is).
select * from OpenQuery([192.168.1.145],'
select party_code
, sum(amount_forex)::int amount_forex_sum
from biv_so_main group by party_code
')

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