Article ID: 101522
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q101522
SYMPTOMS
When inserting a row into a SQL Data Source using dynasets, you may see one of the following behaviors:
- The row is not inserted due to a NON-NULL integrity conflict.
- The row is inserted but the default for a column is bypassed.
The behavior depends on the table definition (can it be made NULL or not) for the default-bound column. If default(s) exist on the table in SQL Server and the dynaset column corresponding to the default-bound column is not given a value before the insert, one the behaviors listed above will occur:
CAUSE
On the Update method for the Dynaset, the following SQL code is generated by Jet Engine used by both Microsoft Access and Visual Basic version 3.0:
Insert into Customer (Name, City) values ("bob", NULL)
For example, look at the schema definition shown in the More Information section below. If the table definition is as in A, the Insert fails because it is an attempt to insert NULL into a non-null column. If the table definition is as in B, the Insert command inserts "bob" and Null into the table -- bypassing the default of "Seattle" for City
To correct the problem, the Jet Engine should construct the SQL Statement to enforce defaults:
Insert into Customer (Name) values ("bob")
This would correctly insert "bob" and "Seattle" into the Customer table.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Visual Basic version 3.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
Example to Reproduce Problem
The following example demonstrates this incorrect behavior:
// SQL Server schema definition
// A) City is defined 'non-nullable' for behavior (1) to manifest
Create table Customer
(Name char(30) not null , City char(30) not null)
// B) City is defined 'nullable' for behavior (2) to manifest
Create table Customer
(Name char(30) not null , City char(30) null)
Create Unique Index Customer_ndx on Customer(name)
Create Default city_default as "Seattle"
sp_bindefault city_default, 'table.city'
// VB Code to insert a new row into SQL Server
Dim DS as Dynaset
DS = DB.Createdynaset ("Customer")
DS.AddNew
DS("Name") = "bob"
// No code to set the value for 'City'
DS.Update
DS.Close
If the table definition for Customer is as in A, an attempt to insert a new row into SQL Server fails with the following message from SQL Server:
Column 'Name' in table 'Customer' may not be NULL.
If the table definition for Customer is as in B, the row is inserted into SQL Server, but the default has been bypassed. The values "bob" and Null are inserted into the table
Additional query words: buglist3.00 3.00 Access JET default update
Keywords: kbbug KB101522
