Microsoft KB Archive/176479

= FIX: Double-Byte Character Set Insertion May Fail with Error 2627 =

Article ID: 176479

Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176479



BUG #: 17436 (Windows: 6.50)



SYMPTOMS
A double-byte character set (DBCS) insertion may fail with error 2627 when SQL Server is configured with the code page 850 Multilingual character set and sort order 42 (dictionary order, case-insensitive sort order). The following scripts demonstrate this problem: CREATE TABLE t  (    aChar VARCHAR (2) PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,    code BINARY(2)   ) GO

SET NOCOUNT ON  DECLARE @code BINARY(2) DECLARE @aChar VARCHAR(2) SELECT @code = 0x88a4 WHILE @code < 0x88a6 BEGIN SELECT @code SELECT @aChar = convert(VARCHAR(2), @code) SELECT @aChar INSERT t (aChar, code) VALUES (@aChar, @code) SELECT @code = @code + 1 END



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use another code page.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 6.5. This problem has been corrected in Service Pack 5a for Microsoft SQL Server 6.5.For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

197177 INF: How to Obtain SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 5a

For more information, contact your primary support provider.

Additional query words: JIS Wansung Johab Hangul KB BIG-5

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