PRB: RDS Does Not Work with OLE DB Simple Provider

ID: Q184399

The information in this article applies to:

Remote Data Service for ADO versions 1.0, 1.5
OLE DB Simple Provider Toolkit, version 1.5

SYMPTOMS

When using the Remote Data Service (RDS) for ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) with an OLE DB provider that was built using the OLE DB Simple Provider (OSP) Toolkit, the following error may occur:

0x80004005 (Unspecified error)

The error occurs when you use the RDSServer.DataFactory Query method or when you return the disconnected recordset from a business object.

CAUSE

An OLE DB provider built with the OLE DB Simple Provider (OSP) Toolkit can only return rowsets containing VARIANT type data. RDS cannot remotely marshall VARIANT type data.

RESOLUTION

Here are two workarounds:

Use a full OLE DB provider.

Do not use an OLE DB provider written with the OSP toolkit with RDS. Instead, use a full OLE DB provider. The OLE DB 1.5 SDK provides a sample provider, SAMPPROV, that may be used as the basis for writing a full OLE DB Provider.

Pass the recordset back from a business object in another recordset object created by the RDSServer.DataFactory CreateRecordset method instead of using the DataFactory's Query method.

With RDS, you can create a business object that returns a recordset. You could create a normal ADO recordset against the provider generated by OSP, and then create a new recordset dynamically via the RDS CreateRecordset method, copying data from the OSP recordset into the new recordset. This is the recordset you pass to your RDS client, and optionally, receive updates from as well. You can pass the RDS created recordset between the client and the server and use the Recordset.Status field of the recordset returned from the client to determine which records are new, to be deleted, or modified, and from there issue SQL statements against the OSP-provider exposed datasource.

Please refer to the articles in the REFERENCES section for more information.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Install Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) and the OLE DB 1.5 SDK.

Build the Visual C++ OSP sample that comes with the OSP Toolkit.

Use Internet Explorer to invoke the following RDS test page:



       http://your_machine/MSADC/Samples/adctest.asp

Change the fields on the page to the following:



      ADC Server:          http://your_machine

      Connection:          "provider=SampleOSP_VC; data source=ospsampc"

      Query:               <Type in the path to the Customer.txt file that
                            comes with the VC++ OSP sample>

      Recordset Status:    Complete

      Execute Option:      Synchronous

Click the Run button.

RESULTS: The error 0x80004005 (Unspecified error) occurs.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q183294 INFO: Techniques for Returning a Recordset via RDS

Q183315 HOWTO: Write and Validate a Custom Business Object with RDS

Q183609 FILE: Rdsvb.exe Demonstrates How to Use RDS with Visual Basic

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Keywords          : kbRDS 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: February 12, 1999