multi step OLE DB error

Hi All,

I have a MS Access DB that I have successfully u/graded to SQL Express 2005. I run my code using a recordset as normal, and all connections to the database work fine, but I receive the multi step OLE DB error when it gets to a line trying to populate an address field which has a datatype of nvarchar(max), null. (Field was Memo in Access version before).

This field in SQL2005 has allow nulls.

I've tried to add an empty string " " to the variable before being saved, but this still doesn't work.

Any ideas?

Hi,

could you please provide the code you are using as well as the exact error message ?

HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

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Hi,

The exact error message received is:

-2147217887 - Multiple-step OLE DB operation generated errors. Check each OLE DB status value, if available. No work was done.

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The code that is used, (some cut to save space) is below. All is fine, but breaks on the Physical Address line highlighted.

GetDSN gets the DSN in the DSN settings using ODBC. As I said, this worked in Access, but now in SQL, its not working.

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Public Function mStaffUpdate(StaffID As Long, Title As String, FirstName As String, LastName As String, _
JobTitle As String, Department As String, Phone As String, _
Fax As String, PhoneExt As String, Mobile As String, _
HomePhone As String, Email As String, Website As String, _
CompanyLink As Long, PhysicalAddress As String, _
PhysicalCity As String, PhysicalState As String, PhysicalZipCode As String, _
PhysicalCountry As String, PostalAddress As String, _
PostalCity As String, PostalState As String, _
PostalZipCode As String, PostalCountry As String, _
UserName As String, Password As String, SecurityLevel As String)

' Open a Connection Object to the database
Dim cnnData As ADODB.Connection
Set cnnData = New Connection

cnnData.Open GetDSN

' Open a Recordset Object
Dim rsData As ADODB.Recordset
Set rsData = New ADODB.Recordset
Dim strSQL As String
strSQL = "SELECT * FROM tblStaff WHERE StaffID= " & StaffID
rsData.Open strSQL, cnnData, adOpenStatic, adLockPessimistic

'cut some out for less to see here...
rsData.Fields("HomePhone").Value = HomePhone
rsData.Fields("Email").Value = Email
rsData.Fields("Website").Value = Website
rsData.Fields("PhysicalAddress").Value = PhysicalAddress & " "
rsData.Fields("PhysicalCity").Value = PhysicalCity & " "
rsData.Fields("PhysicalState").Value = PhysicalState & " "

rsData.Update

' Close cnn and recordset
rsData.Close
Set rsData = Nothing
cnnData.Close
Set cnnData = Nothing

End Function

|||any ideas?|||Do you exceed the max possible characters eventually ?

HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de|||

No. Actually the address field doesn't need to be that large, it will only have 3-4 lines of an address. But I can't work out why this error is happenning?

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Hi All,

Is there a different group that might be better to help with this question above?

I'm really keen to know what's the cause of this error and how to correct.

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What OLEDB provider are you using?

- Waseem

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i have this same problem,

program written in visual basic run properly on access database, but on sql server 2k sp 4 causes errors with

multi step error.

i change provider from mdac to sql native client and now program is running great

and this is only one opportunity to get your program running (i think - updating mdac doesn't help me)

best

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mrowek wrote:

i change provider from mdac to sql native client and now program is running great

and this is only one opportunity to get your program running (i think - updating mdac doesn't help me)

yeah, i just check code in vb with SQLOLEDB.1 provider

when it's saves strings to db it generate error

i put trim(cstr(blah blah)) and now it's write correctly to db without multi step error

[; check code and put this same

it should help

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My program occurs this error at the line below:

rs.delete <- occurs "multi-step multi step OLE DB error ......."

I spent two days for finding the resolve way....

then.....I insert "rs.AbsolutePosition = rs.AbsolutePosition" before "rs.delete", like:

.....

rs.AbsolutePosition = rs.AbsolutePosition

rs.delete

rs.update

......

and the error is gone............(maybe this is the most strange thing I have ever seen....@.@.)