BUG: Configuring a Data Link for OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM Fails

• Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2, version 4.0 SP2
• Microsoft OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM, version 4.0 SP2

SYMPTOMS

If you install SNA Server or Client 4.0 Service Pack 2 with only the Microsoft OLE DB provider for AS/400 and VSAM selected and not the Microsoft OLE DB provider for DB2, and you configure a new Microsoft data link to use the Microsoft OLE DB provider for AS/400 and VSAM, you may receive the following error message:

Could not find the OLE DB DB2 Provider. You may need to run MDAC Setup again."

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SNA Server version 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

WORKAROUND

To configure data sources for OLE DB provider for AS/400 and VSAM using the data links, install the OLE DB provider for DB2, even if you don't otherwise need this provider.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in SNA Server version 4.0 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: Mainframe OS/390 OS/400 ODBC DB2OLEDB

Keywords : sna4sp3fix
Version : WINDOWS:4.0 SP2
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug