BUG: bcp_init() Fails if DBBUFFER Is Set Too Low

ID: Q113081

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server Programmer's Toolkit, version 4.2

BUG# 9920 (4.2)

SYMPTOMS

A call to the DB-Library (DB-Lib) function bcp_init() fails with no error messages generated.

CAUSE

Bcp_init will fail to process correctly if the DBBUFFER value, set by calling dbsetopt(), was set to a value equal to or less than the number of columns in the table that bcp_init is referencing.

For example, assume you have a table defined as:


   CREATE TABLE test (col1 int, col2 int, col3 int)

bcp_init() will fail if the following call to dbsetopt() was made in the application:


   dbsetopt (dbproc, DBBUFFER, "3");

WORKAROUND

This problem can be avoided by either increasing the DBBUFFER value to a value greater than the number of columns, using the example above setting the value to 4 would resolve the problem:


   dbsetopt (dbproc, DBBUFFER, "4");

Another option is to simply not set the DBBUFFER value as it is not used in DB-Library applications that are writing to the BCP API.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in DB-Library version 4.20.00. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: bulk-copy dblib


Keywords          : kbtool SSrvBCP SSrvDB_Lib SSrvProg kbbug4.20 
Version           : 4.2 | 4.2
Platform          : OS/2 WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: March 19, 1999