Article ID: 236440
Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q236440
BUG #: 18763 (SQLBUG_65)
55840 (SQLBUG_70)
SYMPTOMS
Using sp_OAGetProperty to retrieve a property value from an inherited COM interface fails. If the property value is requested as an OUTPUT parameter, the following error is returned:
When no OUTPUT parameter is supplied, such that sp_OAGetProperty would generate a result set, the command will return an empty result set.
CAUSE
If an OUTPUT parameter is requested, sp_OAGetProperty must confirm that the interface supports the call and that it returns a value that is of the same datatype as the one supplied. However, it fails to correctly walk the object hierarchy to determine this information and will generate an error if this occurs.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
254561 INF: How to Obtain Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0
For more information, contact your primary support provider.
MORE INFORMATION
Consider, for example, the Command object in Active Data Objects (ADO). In ADO 2.x, the Command object inherits from an interface named _Command15, which was the ADO 1.5 version of the interface. If sp_OAGetProperty is used to request a property in the base interface, such as Parameters, an error occurs. The following code snippet demonstrates the problem:
exec @hr = master.dbo.sp_OACreate 'ADODB.Command', @ADO_Command OUT
if @hr <> 0
begin
print "failed in command creation"
goto fatal_exit
end
...
exec @hr = master.dbo.sp_OAGetProperty @ADO_Command, 'Parameters', @ADO_parms OUT
if @hr <> 0
begin
print 'Failed in GetProperty'
goto fatal_exit
end
fatal_exit:
...
The definition of an object can be seen by using a tool such as the OLE - COM Object Viewer, available as part of Visual C++.
Additional query words: sp_OAMethod
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB236440
