BUG: Db_name Returns Current Database if Passed Smallint

Last reviewed: April 28, 1997
Article ID: Q88274

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2 for OS/2

BUG# OS/2: 1403 (4.2)

SYMPTOMS

If dbid is a smallint, DB_NAME(dbid) returns the current database, rather than the database indicated by dbid. This happens only in version 4.2.

WORKAROUND

Use an int data type rather than a smallint.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 4.2 for OS/2. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: Transact-SQL datatype
Keywords : kbbug4.20 kbprg SSrvServer
Version : 4.2
Platform : OS/2

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Last reviewed: April 28, 1997
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