Microsoft KB Archive/329252

= Insert on DB2 linked table fails with &quot;Invalid precision&quot; error =

Article ID: 329252

Article Last Modified on 9/27/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q329252



Note This also applies to Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000



SYMPTOMS
When you are using the Host Integration Server 2000 ODBC Provider for DB2, if you try to use a linked DB2 table on an OS/390 Mainframe system from Microsoft Access, you may receive the following error:

ODBC--insert on a linked table 'MY_CODES' failed [Microsoft][ODBC DB2 Driver] Invalid precision or scale value. (#0)



CAUSE
The Host Integration Server 2000 ODBC Provider for DB2 limits the maximum length for a CHAR data type to 254 decimal. However, Mainframe systems have a higher limit on the CHAR data type of 255 decimal.

The result is that, although you can specify or try to access a CHAR field in a DB2 table that has a length of 255, you receive an error message.

The following table definition demonstrates the problem if you reference the &quot;Text&quot; field: CREATE TABLE MY.Codes (Art       CHAR (11) NOT NULL, Text       CHAR (255) , Group      CHAR (16), Beding     SMALLINT ) IN MYRDB.MYCOL ; NOTE: The &quot;Text&quot; field is defined with a value of 255.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

328152 How to obtain the latest service pack for Host Integration Server 2000

Hotfix information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version      Size     File name 04-Oct-2002 20:10  5.0.0.900    311,568  Crtpkg.dll 04-Oct-2002 20:10  5.0.0.900    663,824  Db2oledb.dll 04-Oct-2002 20:10  5.0.0.900     78,096  Mseidb2c.dll 04-Oct-2002 20:10  5.0.0.900    880,912  Mseidb2d.dll 04-Oct-2002 20:10  5.0.0.900     24,848  Mseidpm.dll 04-Oct-2002 20:10  5.0.0.900    262,416  Mseidrda.dll 04-Oct-2002 20:10  5.0.0.900    147,728  Mseidt.dll 04-Oct-2002 20:10  5.0.0.900     65,808  Crtpkg.exe 01-Oct-2002 12:17  5.0.0.900     82,192  Ddmserv.exe

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent fix that contains the preceding files may also contain additional files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 1.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 2.

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