KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q172395: PRB: Intl Number Settings Cause Upsizing Wizard Failure

Article: Q172395
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.5,5.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbvfp kbMDAC250
Last Modified: 23-FEB-2000

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 5.0a 
- Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.5 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

International settings in SET POINT TO and SET SEPARATOR TO cause the following
error to occur in the SQL Server Upsizing Wizard:

  To upsize to SQL Server 6.x, please install a SQL Server ODBC driver version
  2.05 or later

This error does not occur with the Upsizing wizard that shipped with Visual
FoxPro 5.0.

RESOLUTION
==========

Before running the SQL Server Upsizing Wizard, change the number settings using
the following commands:

     SET POINT TO "."
     SET SEPARATOR TO ","

-Or-

If the Regional Settings of Microsoft Visual FoxPro are set to "Use System
Settings," change the settings in the Number tab of the Microsoft Windows 95 or
Windows NT Regional Settings Control Panel to match (without the quotes) the
following:

     Decimal symbol: "."
     Digit grouping symbol: ","

STATUS
======

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
================

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
---------------------------

1. Run the following program from a program file or the Command window:

        OPEN DATABASE HOME() + "SAMPLES\DATA\TESTDATA"
        SET POINT TO ","
        SET SEPARATOR TO "."
        DO HOME() + "Wizards\WZUpsize.app"

  The Upsizing Wizard for SQL Server appears.

2. Click the database to upsize, then click Next.

3. Click the appropriate data source and click Next. The SQL Server Login \
  dialog box appears.

4. Enter the appropriate User ID and Password then click OK. The following error
  appears:

  To upsize to SQL Server 6.x, please install a SQL Server ODBC driver version
  2.05 or later

This also happens if the Regional Settings in the Control Panel have the same
settings for Point and Separator as listed above in Step 1.

If using the system Regional Settings, as in the second part of the Resolution
Section above, the [Tools][Options][Regional] settings of Microsoft Visual
FoxPro should have the "Use System Settings" option checked.

REFERENCES
==========

Microsoft Visual FoxPro Developer's Guide, Chapter 20, "Upsizing Visual FoxPro
Databases"

Additional query words: ODBC SQL upsize wizard

======================================================================
Keywords          : kberrmsg kbvfp kbMDAC250 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMDACSearch kbMDAC250 kbVFP500a
Version           : WINDOWS:2.5,5.0a
Issue type        : kbprb

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.