Microsoft KB Archive/912470

= The OLE DB Provider for IBM DB2 that is included with Host Integration Server 2000 returns incorrect metadata when you use the provider to connect to DB2 version 8 =

Article ID: 912470

Article Last Modified on 3/24/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Standard Edition

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INTRODUCTION
The Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 (DB2OLEDB) that is included with Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 returns incorrect metadata when you use the provider to connect to IBM DB2 version 8. (We do not support this provider for use with DB2 version 8 because we have not tested this provider for use with DB2 version 8.)

DB2 version 8 returns its metadata from the SYS catalog tables as Unicode data by using character code set identifier (CCSID) 1208. The OLE DB Provider for DB2 that is included with Host Integration Server 2000 does not support CCSID 1208. Therefore, the provider returns incorrect metadata.

The OLE DB Provider for DB2 that is included with Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 returns correct metadata when you use the provider to connect to DB2 version 6 or to earlier versions of DB2.



MORE INFORMATION
The OLE DB Provider for DB2 that is included with Host Integration Server 2000 has been updated to support CCSID 1208. After you apply the software update, the provider returns correct metadata when you use the provider to connect to DB2 version 8. The updated provider is supported for use with DB2 version 8.

Host Integration Server 2000
A supported feature that modifies the product's default behavior is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to modify the behavior that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that specifically require it. This feature may receive additional testing. Therefore, if the system is not severely affected by the lack of this feature, we recommend that you wait for the next release version of Host Integration Server that contains this feature.

To obtain this feature immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

The English version of this software update 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.

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent software update that contains these files may contain additional files.



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