Microsoft KB Archive/65997

PRSQL9012012: Bad Pointers on Text Data Sent Via BCP ID Number: Q65997

1.10 OS/2 buglist1.10 fixlist1.12

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: PRSQL9012012

SYMPTOMS An invalid text pointer is returned from the following query:

select textptr(textcolumn) from texttable CAUSE This problem occurs if the text data being retrieved was sent to the SQL Server via the BCP routines in a program using DB-LIBRARY (dblib).

RESOLUTION Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 1.1. This problem was corrected in DB-LIBRARY version 1.12, which is available from Microsoft Product Support Services. For more information, contact your authorized network specialists [or Microsoft Inside Sales, System Software, at (800) 227-4679].