Article ID: 264687
Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 2
This article was previously published under Q264687
BUG #: 57978(SQLBUG_70)
SYMPTOMS
After you apply Microsoft SQL Server Service Pack 2, Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) applications that attempt to update a row in a rowset fail if you are using a server-side cursor and the column name contains spaces. The error message that occurs is:
When you use ODBCDirect the following SQL Server error messages occur:
CAUSE
This problem is due to a change in processing updates with sp_cursor calls in SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 2.
WORKAROUND
You can use either of the following workarounds:
- Use client side cursors in your application instead of using server-side cursors.
- Change the column names so that the column names do not have spaces. For example, instead of "Customer Name" use "CustomerName."
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
274799 INF: How to Obtain Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0
For more information, contact your primary support provider.
Additional query words: invalid space colname identifiers quoted names
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