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Q186317: Subscriptions Fail Transferring DB2 CHAR and VARCHAR Datatype

Article: Q186317
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 21-OCT-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Host Data Replicator, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Subscriptions fail transferring DB2 CHAR & VARCHAR Datatypes to SQL Server
TEXT Columns. No nulls were included in the data transferred. The following
error appears in the HDR Manager:

  [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Attempt to insert the value
  NULL into column 'ColumnName', table 'TableName'; column does not allow
  nulls. INSERT fails.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Host Data Replicator version
1.0.

NOTE: Effective immediately, Microsoft has granted exclusive marketing and
distribution rights to StarQuest Software for Host Data Replicator 1.1, a
software utility for replicating among heterogeneous databases. Microsoft will
not be offering this product or any future versions to its customers. StarQuest
has renamed the product, StarQuest Data Replicator. Please refer to the
following link for more information:

  http://www.microsoft.com/sna/guide/starqst.asp?A=2&B=7

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbSQLServSearch kbAudDeveloper kbHostDataRep
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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