PRB: AppendChunk from ADO or RDS Doubles Binary Field Size

ID: Q200261

The information in this article applies to:

Active Server Pages
Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 4.0, 5.0
ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

SYMPTOMS

When using AppendChunk from either ADO or RDS from scripting (JScript or Visual Basic® Scripting Edition) to update a binary field, the result is twice as large as the original.

CAUSE

In scripting, all datatypes are considered variant and therefore default to Unicode.

RESOLUTION

Call AppendChunk from within a COM object written in a language that supports datatypes other than variant.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbADO kbASP kbGrpASP kbiis400 kbiis500
Version : WINDOWS:; winnt:4.0,5.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbprb