Article ID: 329252
Article Last Modified on 9/27/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 1
This article was previously published under Q329252
Note This also applies to Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000
SYMPTOMS
When you are using the Host Integration Server 2000 ODBC Provider for DB2, if you try to use a linked DB2 table on an OS/390 Mainframe system from Microsoft Access, you may receive the following error:
CAUSE
The Host Integration Server 2000 ODBC Provider for DB2 limits the maximum length for a CHAR data type to 254 decimal. However, Mainframe systems have a higher limit on the CHAR data type of 255 decimal.
The result is that, although you can specify or try to access a CHAR field in a DB2 table that has a length of 255, you receive an error message.
The following table definition demonstrates the problem if you reference the "Text" field:
CREATE TABLE MY.Codes
(Art CHAR (11) NOT NULL ,
Text CHAR (255) ,
Group CHAR (16),
Beding SMALLINT
) IN MYRDB.MYCOL ;
NOTE: The "Text" field is defined with a value of 255.
RESOLUTION
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
328152 How to obtain the latest service pack for Host Integration Server 2000
Hotfix information
The English version of this hotfix 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.
Date Time Version Size File name
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04-Oct-2002 20:10 5.0.0.900 311,568 Crtpkg.dll
04-Oct-2002 20:10 5.0.0.900 663,824 Db2oledb.dll
04-Oct-2002 20:10 5.0.0.900 78,096 Mseidb2c.dll
04-Oct-2002 20:10 5.0.0.900 880,912 Mseidb2d.dll
04-Oct-2002 20:10 5.0.0.900 24,848 Mseidpm.dll
04-Oct-2002 20:10 5.0.0.900 262,416 Mseidrda.dll
04-Oct-2002 20:10 5.0.0.900 147,728 Mseidt.dll
04-Oct-2002 20:10 5.0.0.900 65,808 Crtpkg.exe
01-Oct-2002 12:17 5.0.0.900 82,192 Ddmserv.exe
Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent fix that contains the preceding files may also contain additional files.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 1.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 2.
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