BUG: S1093 Error on SQLDescribeParam of System Stored Procedure

ID: Q155445

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

If an ODBC application prepares a call to a SQL Server system stored procedure (such as sp_help or sp_configure) and then calls SQLDescribeParam, the following error message appears:

szSqlState = "S1093", *pfNativeError = 0
szErrorMsg="[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]
Invalid parameter number"

WORKAROUND

Use SQLProcedureColumns to determine the parameters for the stored procedure.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver version 2.50.0121. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: SQLDescribeParam


Keywords          : kbnetwork SSrvStProc kbbug2.65.0121 
Version           : 2.5.0121 2.65.0121
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: March 31, 1999