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Q275669: ODBC Driver for DB2 Truncates Binary Data Flow That Includes NUL

Article: Q275669
Product(s): Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
Version(s): 4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVCDB kbDSupport kbsna400sp2 kbsna400sp3 kbSNA400sp4fix kbSNA400PreSP4fix
Last Modified: 08-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft ODBC Driver for DB2, versions 4.0 SP2, 4.0 SP3 
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SYMPTOMS
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If the Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Driver for DB2 is used to
retrieve data from a DB2 table that contains a binary field that has NULLs
(0x00), then the data is truncated at the first NULL.

For example, if a DB2 table is created and populated with data as follows

  CREATE TABLE OWNER.TABLE (COL1 CHAR (5), COL2 VARCHAR (40))
  INSERT INTO OWNER.TABLE ('00001', '00x100x200x000x3')

then when you select the COL2, just '00x100x2' is returned.

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: MSDB2OLE AS/400 OS/400 OS/390 Mainframe DB2/MVS DB2/NT sp2 sp3 null's

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSVCDB kbDSupport kbsna400sp2 kbsna400sp3 kbSNA400sp4fix kbSNA400PreSP4fix 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbODBCSearch kbODBCDB2400SP2 kbODBCDB2400SP3
Version           : :4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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