ODBC Woes

Correction to the max length. I meant to write it is well over 1000
not 2000. I believe the max SQL length is 2048. Set you SQL length
to 2048. If you have fields with more characters than 2048 your out
of luck. -200112 error is a known limitation. However I don't think
you will find Progress jumping on fixing this problem since large
character fields are problems with my applications and ODBC drivers.
It's an acceptable limitation to the developers.


--- In vantage@y..., "Peter" <peter.paasch@a...> wrote:
> What did you set your SQL width to in Data Admin? If you set it
> lower than the amount of data you are trying to access you will
> recieve a max length error. Vantage tech support is miss guided in
> the idea that shortening up the SQL lenth fixes all woes. They
> should read the Progress ODBC guide. Run an ODBC Trace by going to
> the ODBC admin and clicking the trace tab. Start a new trace and
> look at the log file after you try to access the table through MS
> Acsess. It will give you a specific function call that failed.
Post
> the error or email me the file ODBC trace file. Progress ODBC does
> have a Limit on the length but it is well over 2000. This might
not
> solve your problem but it will help to eliminate a the Progress
ODBC
> driver as a possible cause.
>
> --- In vantage@y..., "lance02" <lance02@y...> wrote:
> > I am having 2 problems when using my ODBC connection (Merant 3.60
> for
> > Progress 9.1C driver). This problems have just started happening
> > recently. We upgraded from Vantage 5.0 to 5.1 on March 1.
> Problems
> > didn't start occurring until (1) mid-March and (2) two days ago.
> > Problem (1) When I try to run a query in MSAccess 2000 I get a
> > Merant ODBC--call failed error saying my column InvcDtl.LineDesc
> has
> > exceeded its max length (#-210012). This is a memo field with
1000
> > character in Vantage. I try to truncate the field to 50
> characters,
> > but no luck (on a test db). Vantage tech support tells me that
the
> > problem may be that I have part descriptions greater than 2000
> > characters (I do, but we need them, and I can't yet find these
> parts
> > duplicated in the InvcDtl.LineDesc field anyway). Any ideas??
Oh,
> > and it started happening about the time I installed the latest
> > Progress patch P91C19. There may or may not be a correlation.
> > Problem (2) This just started happening, the day after I
installed
> > the Vantage 5.10.120 patch. Now, when I bring data into Access
> 2000
> > via a linked table, it will work when I first bring it in just
> fine.
> > But if I close Access and the re-open it and open the database I
> > created earlier, I get the error ODBC call failed -- Merant
Access
> > denied (Authorisation failed)(7512)(#-20228). If I try to add
> > another linked table, it will let me add it but not view it or
run
> > queries on it. Again, if I were to start a brand new Access
> > database, as long as I don't close Access I am able to do
> everything
> > just fine. Any idea on this one?
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > Lance Ekum
> > IT Manager
> > Sentry Equipment Corp
I am having 2 problems when using my ODBC connection (Merant 3.60 for
Progress 9.1C driver). This problems have just started happening
recently. We upgraded from Vantage 5.0 to 5.1 on March 1. Problems
didn't start occurring until (1) mid-March and (2) two days ago.
Problem (1) When I try to run a query in MSAccess 2000 I get a
Merant ODBC--call failed error saying my column InvcDtl.LineDesc has
exceeded its max length (#-210012). This is a memo field with 1000
character in Vantage. I try to truncate the field to 50 characters,
but no luck (on a test db). Vantage tech support tells me that the
problem may be that I have part descriptions greater than 2000
characters (I do, but we need them, and I can't yet find these parts
duplicated in the InvcDtl.LineDesc field anyway). Any ideas?? Oh,
and it started happening about the time I installed the latest
Progress patch P91C19. There may or may not be a correlation.
Problem (2) This just started happening, the day after I installed
the Vantage 5.10.120 patch. Now, when I bring data into Access 2000
via a linked table, it will work when I first bring it in just fine.
But if I close Access and the re-open it and open the database I
created earlier, I get the error ODBC call failed -- Merant Access
denied (Authorisation failed)(7512)(#-20228). If I try to add
another linked table, it will let me add it but not view it or run
queries on it. Again, if I were to start a brand new Access
database, as long as I don't close Access I am able to do everything
just fine. Any idea on this one?

Thanks for the help.

Lance Ekum
IT Manager
Sentry Equipment Corp
I just started working with the ODBC drivers this week and I ran into the
same problem.
I am also on Vantage patch 120 and progress patch 20. If I figure anything
out this weekend I will post it.

Thanks
Jeremy Leonard
IT Manager
K-T Corporation


-----Original Message-----
From: lance02 [mailto:lance02@...]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:30 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] ODBC Woes


I am having 2 problems when using my ODBC connection (Merant 3.60 for
Progress 9.1C driver). This problems have just started happening
recently. We upgraded from Vantage 5.0 to 5.1 on March 1. Problems
didn't start occurring until (1) mid-March and (2) two days ago.
Problem (1) When I try to run a query in MSAccess 2000 I get a
Merant ODBC--call failed error saying my column InvcDtl.LineDesc has
exceeded its max length (#-210012). This is a memo field with 1000
character in Vantage. I try to truncate the field to 50 characters,
but no luck (on a test db). Vantage tech support tells me that the
problem may be that I have part descriptions greater than 2000
characters (I do, but we need them, and I can't yet find these parts
duplicated in the InvcDtl.LineDesc field anyway). Any ideas?? Oh,
and it started happening about the time I installed the latest
Progress patch P91C19. There may or may not be a correlation.
Problem (2) This just started happening, the day after I installed
the Vantage 5.10.120 patch. Now, when I bring data into Access 2000
via a linked table, it will work when I first bring it in just fine.
But if I close Access and the re-open it and open the database I
created earlier, I get the error ODBC call failed -- Merant Access
denied (Authorisation failed)(7512)(#-20228). If I try to add
another linked table, it will let me add it but not view it or run
queries on it. Again, if I were to start a brand new Access
database, as long as I don't close Access I am able to do everything
just fine. Any idea on this one?

Thanks for the help.

Lance Ekum
IT Manager
Sentry Equipment Corp



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-----Original Message-----
From: lance02 [mailto:lance02@...]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:30 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] ODBC Woes


I am having 2 problems when using my ODBC connection (Merant 3.60 for
Progress 9.1C driver). This problems have just started happening
recently. We upgraded from Vantage 5.0 to 5.1 on March 1. Problems
didn't start occurring until (1) mid-March and (2) two days ago.
Problem (1) When I try to run a query in MSAccess 2000 I get a
Merant ODBC--call failed error saying my column InvcDtl.LineDesc has
exceeded its max length (#-210012). This is a memo field with 1000
character in Vantage. I try to truncate the field to 50 characters,
but no luck (on a test db). Vantage tech support tells me that the
problem may be that I have part descriptions greater than 2000
characters (I do, but we need them, and I can't yet find these parts
duplicated in the InvcDtl.LineDesc field anyway). Any ideas?? Oh,
and it started happening about the time I installed the latest
Progress patch P91C19. There may or may not be a correlation.
Problem (2) This just started happening, the day after I installed
the Vantage 5.10.120 patch. Now, when I bring data into Access 2000
via a linked table, it will work when I first bring it in just fine.
But if I close Access and the re-open it and open the database I
created earlier, I get the error ODBC call failed -- Merant Access
denied (Authorisation failed)(7512)(#-20228). If I try to add
another linked table, it will let me add it but not view it or run
queries on it. Again, if I were to start a brand new Access
database, as long as I don't close Access I am able to do everything
just fine. Any idea on this one?

Thanks for the help.

Lance Ekum
IT Manager
Sentry Equipment Corp



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already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
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(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
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Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
What did you set your SQL width to in Data Admin? If you set it
lower than the amount of data you are trying to access you will
recieve a max length error. Vantage tech support is miss guided in
the idea that shortening up the SQL lenth fixes all woes. They
should read the Progress ODBC guide. Run an ODBC Trace by going to
the ODBC admin and clicking the trace tab. Start a new trace and
look at the log file after you try to access the table through MS
Acsess. It will give you a specific function call that failed. Post
the error or email me the file ODBC trace file. Progress ODBC does
have a Limit on the length but it is well over 2000. This might not
solve your problem but it will help to eliminate a the Progress ODBC
driver as a possible cause.

--- In vantage@y..., "lance02" <lance02@y...> wrote:
> I am having 2 problems when using my ODBC connection (Merant 3.60
for
> Progress 9.1C driver). This problems have just started happening
> recently. We upgraded from Vantage 5.0 to 5.1 on March 1.
Problems
> didn't start occurring until (1) mid-March and (2) two days ago.
> Problem (1) When I try to run a query in MSAccess 2000 I get a
> Merant ODBC--call failed error saying my column InvcDtl.LineDesc
has
> exceeded its max length (#-210012). This is a memo field with 1000
> character in Vantage. I try to truncate the field to 50
characters,
> but no luck (on a test db). Vantage tech support tells me that the
> problem may be that I have part descriptions greater than 2000
> characters (I do, but we need them, and I can't yet find these
parts
> duplicated in the InvcDtl.LineDesc field anyway). Any ideas?? Oh,
> and it started happening about the time I installed the latest
> Progress patch P91C19. There may or may not be a correlation.
> Problem (2) This just started happening, the day after I installed
> the Vantage 5.10.120 patch. Now, when I bring data into Access
2000
> via a linked table, it will work when I first bring it in just
fine.
> But if I close Access and the re-open it and open the database I
> created earlier, I get the error ODBC call failed -- Merant Access
> denied (Authorisation failed)(7512)(#-20228). If I try to add
> another linked table, it will let me add it but not view it or run
> queries on it. Again, if I were to start a brand new Access
> database, as long as I don't close Access I am able to do
everything
> just fine. Any idea on this one?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Lance Ekum
> IT Manager
> Sentry Equipment Corp