Article ID: 247312
Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q247312
BUG #: 54796 (SQLBUG_70)
SYMPTOMS
If you try to change the length of a column inside BeginAlter and DoAlter like this:
table1.BeginAlter Set column1 = t.Columns("city") column1.Length = 70 table1.DoAlter
this error message occurs:
RESOLUTION
Use ExecuteImmediate to execute the ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN. For example:
Dim server1 As New SQLDMO.SQLServer Dim db1 As SQLDMO.Database server1.Connect "(local)", "sa", "" Set db1 = server1.Databases("pubs") db1.ExecuteImmediate ("Alter table publishers Alter column city varchar(50) ") server1.DisConnect
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.
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