Microsoft KB Archive/277894

= Consecutive Inserts to DB2 from SQL Server by way of Linked Server Fail =

Article ID: 277894

Article Last Modified on 3/10/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2
 * Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2

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This article was previously published under Q277894



SYMPTOMS
When a Linked Server to DB2 is configured by using the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 from Microsoft SQL Server, and INSERT statements are issued in a loop, the following error message may be reported:

Could not open table '' from OLE DB provider 'DB2OLEDB'. Unknown provider error.

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OLE DB provider 'DB2OLEDB' reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SNA Server 4.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

215838 How to Obtain the Latest SNA Server Version 4.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft SNA Server version 4.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and 4.0 SP3.

This problem was first corrected in SNA Server 4.0 Service Pack 4.



MORE INFORMATION
To reproduce this problem, configure a Linked Server to DB2 from SQL Server by using DB2OLEDB, and then run the following script from Query Analyzer:

DECLARE @CTR INT

SELECT @CTR = 10

WHILE (SELECT @CTR) < 100

BEGIN

INSERT INTO LinkedServerName.CatalogName.SchemaName.TableName (COL1) VALUES (@CTR)

PRINT @CTR

SELECT @CTR = @CTR + 1

END

Additional query words: DB2/400 AS/400 MVS OS/390 MSDB2OLE ODBC ADO BULK OPERATION sp2 sp3

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsna400presp4fix kbqfe kbsna400sp4fix KB277894

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