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Q269105: SMS Provider May Not Recognize DMTF Dates

Article: Q269105
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 2.0 SP2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsms200 kbsms120 kbsms120bug
Last Modified: 06-FEB-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 SP2 
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SYMPTOMS
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The SMS provider does not recognize Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
dates that are generated by the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Open
Database Connectivity (ODBC) adapter.

CAUSE
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All dates and times in WMI use the format designed by the DMTF. When the WMI
ODBC driver is presented with a SQL query that uses a DATETIME field in the
"where" clause, such as

  SELECT SMS_R_System.Name FROM "root\SMS\site_102".SMS_R_System SMS_R_System
  WHERE (SMS_R_System.AgentTime>{ts '2000-06-01 00:00:00.000000'})

it converts the query to WMI Query Language (WQL) format with the DATETIME field
in DMTF format:

  SELECT Name FROM SMS_R_System
  WHERE AgentTime > 2000601000000.000000+000"

This WQL query does not work in the SMS provider for two reasons:

- Literal values compared against SMS_R_System.AgentTime are not treated as
  time values.

- The provider does not recognize the "+000" time format; it recognized only
  the "+***" format.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management
Server version 2.0. For additional information, please see the following article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q288239 SMS: How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service
  Pack



STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in
Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 3.


Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbsms200 kbsms120 kbsms120bug 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200SP2
Version           : :2.0 SP2
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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