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Q183575: IDBSchemaRowset::GetSchemas Returns Inaccurate Information

Article: Q183575
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 21-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM, version 1.0, used with:
   - Microsoft SNA Server, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you run the Rowset Viewer sample of the OLE DB 1.5 Solution Developer Kit,
select IDBSchemaRowset::GetSchemas, and then select the drop-down list box for
the different schemas, you can see that the unsupported restrictions are dimmed.
Some of the unavailable restrictions are, in fact, supported. Only one,
TABLE_CATALOG, is unsupported and should be dimmed.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft OLE DB Provider for
AS/400 and VSAM version 1.0, included with Microsoft SNA Server version 4.0.

This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 4.0 U.S. Service
Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following
word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K


MORE INFORMATION
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The schemas should return the following restrictions:

Schema Columns

  Supports:
     TABLE_SCHEMA
     TABLE_NAME
     COLUMN_NAME
  Not supported:
     TABLE_CATALOG

Schema Indexes

  Supports:
     TABLE_SCHEMA
     INDEX_NAME
     TYPE
     TABLE_NAME
  Not supported:
     TABLE_CATALOG

Schema Provider Types

  Supports:
     DATA_TYPE
     BEST_MATCH

Schema Tables

  Supports:
     TABLE_SCHEMA
     TABLE_NAME
     TABLE_TYPE
  Not supported:
     TABLE_CATALOG

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbOLEDBSearch kbOLEDBProvSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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