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IDBSchemaRowset::GetSchemas Returns Inaccurate Information

Article ID: 183575

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 Q183575

SYMPTOMS

If you run the Rowset Viewer sample of the OLE DB 1.5 Solution Developer Kit, select IDBSchemaRowset::GetSchemas, and then select the drop-down list box for the different schemas, you can see that the unsupported restrictions are dimmed. Some of the unavailable restrictions are, in fact, supported. Only one, TABLE_CATALOG, is unsupported and should be dimmed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM version 1.0, included with Microsoft 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

MORE INFORMATION

The schemas should return the following restrictions:

Schema Columns

   Supports:
      TABLE_SCHEMA
      TABLE_NAME
      COLUMN_NAME
   Not supported:
      TABLE_CATALOG

   Supports:
      TABLE_SCHEMA
      INDEX_NAME
      TYPE
      TABLE_NAME
   Not supported:
      TABLE_CATALOG

Schema Provider Types

   Supports:
      DATA_TYPE
      BEST_MATCH

   Supports:
      TABLE_SCHEMA
      TABLE_NAME
      TABLE_TYPE
   Not supported:
      TABLE_CATALOG

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