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Problem IT15371
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Status: Closed |
ALTER OF CHAR/VARCHAR COLUMN TO GRAPHIC/VARGRAPHIC DATA TYPE IN A NON-UNICODE DATABASE COULD CAUSE SQL2216N |
| product: |
DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / A50 - DB2 |
| Problem description: |
Access to a table could fail with SQL2216N SQL error "-301" if
the following is true:
- non-Unicode database
- ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN was done to change column data type
from CHAR/VARCHAR to GRAPHIC/VARGRAPHIC data type and returned
SUCCESS
- there is data in the table |
| Problem Summary: |
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* USERS AFFECTED: *
* DB2 UDB Version 10.5 *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: *
* See Error Description *
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* RECOMMENDATION: *
* Upgrade to Version 10.5 FixPack 9. *
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| Local Fix: |
Avoid ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN from CHAR/VARCHAR to
GRAPHIC/VARGRAPHIC data type in a non-Unicode database if table
has data.
Instead, export data from the table, drop and recreate table
with the new GRAPHIC/VARGRAPHIC data type column and reload
data. |
| Solution |
Problem was first fixed in DB2 UDB Version 10.5 FixPack 9. |
| Workaround |
not known / see Local fix |
| Timestamps |
Date - problem reported :
Date - problem closed :
Date - last modified :
| 20.05.2016
27.09.2017
27.09.2017 |
| Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos) |
9.0.
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| Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s) |
