Article: Q277871
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): 4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbDSupport kbsna400sp2 kbsna400sp3 kbSNA400sp4fix kbSNA400PreSP4fix
Last Modified: 19-JUL-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2, versions 4.0 SP2, 4.0 SP3
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SYMPTOMS
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When a Linked Server is configured to DB2/400 from Microsoft SQL Server by using
the OLE DB provider for DB2, and a SELECT query is issued to retrieve data from
a DB2/400 table that contains a DBCS fixed-length character field, the following
error message may be returned:
OLE DB provider 'DB2OLEDB' returned unexpected length of data from fixed
length field <field name>
CAUSE
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The DB2 OLE DB Provider returns different values for the field length and the
actual data size, which causes the SELECT to fail.
RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SNA Server 4.0. For
additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
Q215838 How to Obtain the Latest SNA Server Version 4.0 Service Pack
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SNA Server version 4.0
Service Pack 2 (SP2) and 4.0 SP3.
This problem was first corrected in SNA Server 4.0 Service Pack 4.
Additional query words: DB2OLEDB AS/400 DB2 OPENQUERY OPENROWSET 4 PART NAME MSDB2OLE ODBC sp2 sp3
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Keywords : kbDSupport kbsna400sp2 kbsna400sp3 kbSNA400sp4fix kbSNA400PreSP4fix
Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbOLEDBSearch kbOLEDBProvDB2400SP2 kbOLEDBProvDB2400SP3 kbOLEDBProvSearch
Version : :4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix
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