Problem Note 42497: Using the Bulk Copy (BCP) facility to bulkload a date into a SMALLDATETIME results in the error "Invalid character value for cast specification"
Using the BCP=YES LIBNAME option in SAS/ACCESS
® Interface to ODBC might cause an error. The following error might occur when you attempt to append data to an existing table in SQL Server that has a SMALLDATETIME field:
ERROR: CLI execute error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid
character value for cast specification
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Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Windows Vista | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.21_M2 | 9.3_M1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
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Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
Using the BCP facility to bulkload a date into a SMALLDATETIME results in "ERROR: CLI execute error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid character value for cast specification"
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> External Databases ==> ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
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| Date Modified: | 2011-10-26 09:16:30 |
| Date Created: | 2011-02-23 12:47:07 |
