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AS/400 RDB Name Cannot Exceed Eight Characters

Article ID: 183569

Article Last Modified on 3/10/2004

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM 1.0, when used with:
- Microsoft SNA Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q183569

SYMPTOMS

The RDB Name property of an AS/400 data source allows only eight characters to be entered in the edit box. However, these names can be up to 16 characters long.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM version 1.00 included with SNA Server version 4.0.

This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

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