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FIX: SQL Server Replication Synchronization to DB2 Subscriber Fails with Numeric Data Type

Article ID: 281191

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q281191

BUG #: 58503 (SQLBUG_70)

SYMPTOMS

When performing synchronization against a DB2 subscriber, if the table being replicated contains a numeric column, the distribution agent may fail with the following error message:

A SQL error has occurred. Please consult the documentation for your specific DB2 version for a description of the associated Native Error and SQL State. SQLSTATE: 42601, SQLCODE: -104.

CAUSE

This behavior is caused by the binding of binary data to the OLE DB data type DBTYPE_NUMERIC or DBTYPE_DECIMAL.

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.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information regarding OLE DB datatypes and data type conversions, see the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6 Software Developers Kit, which is available for download at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=78cac895-efc2-4f8e-a9e0-3a1afbd5922e

Additional query words: sql70sp3fix

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