Microsoft KB Archive/247312

= FIX: SQLDMO: Changing Length of a Column Within a DoAlter Does Not Work =

Article ID: 247312

Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q247312



BUG #: 54796 (SQLBUG_70)



SYMPTOMS
If you try to change the length of a column inside BeginAlter and DoAlter like this: table1.BeginAlter Set column1 = t.Columns("city") column1.Length = 70 table1.DoAlter this error message occurs:

-2147201020 (80045004):

[SQL-DMO]Modifying existing table columns, or inserting new ones prior to the end of the table, is not supported.



RESOLUTION
Use ExecuteImmediate to execute the ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN. For example: Dim server1 As New SQLDMO.SQLServer Dim db1 As SQLDMO.Database server1.Connect "(local)", "sa", "" Set db1 = server1.Databases("pubs") db1.ExecuteImmediate ("Alter table publishers Alter column city varchar(50) ") server1.DisConnect



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

254561 INF: How to Obtain Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0

For more information, contact your primary support provider.

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