PRSQL9012012: Bad Pointers on Text Data Sent Via BCP

ID Number: Q65997

1.10

OS/2

buglist1.10 fixlist1.12

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: PRSQL9012012

SYMPTOMS

An invalid text pointer is returned from the following query:

select textptr(textcolumn) from texttable

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the text data being retrieved was sent to

the SQL Server via the BCP routines in a program using DB-LIBRARY

(dblib).

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version

1.1. This problem was corrected in DB-LIBRARY version 1.12, which

is available from Microsoft Product Support Services. For more

information, contact your authorized network specialists [or

Microsoft Inside Sales, System Software, at (800) 227-4679].