Re: Adding long text to a text field generates an error

Please post your ODBC driver settings. The table
definitions and the sql you are using may be helpful
also.

--- Ben Ramsey <br(at)benandliz(dot)com> wrote:
> I'm using PostgreSQL 7.4 on a Windows 2000 server
> with cygwin. All is
> set up just fine. The database works just fine, and
> ASP is connecting
> to the database through a DSN just fine. The only
> problem I seem to
> have is adding a large amount of text to a text
> column in the database.
> I can enter up to 8,118 characters (including
> spaces), but when I go
> over that amount, I receive the following error:
>
> Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error
> '80040e21'
> Multiple-step OLE DB operation generated errors.
> Check each OLE DB
> status value, if available. No work was done.
>
> This error doesn't mean much to me. I've spent a
> month researching it
> and trying to figure out what it means in our
> situation, but I have yet
> to resolve it. Thus, I'm turning to this list to
> see if anyone has any
> ideas or has tackled this problem before.
>
> I've tried using the appendChunk method in ASP to
> add chunks to the
> field in the database (this worked before for us on
> a Linux box running
> ChiliSoft ASP), but I get another error saying that
> the method is not
> supported. We are using psqlODBC to connect with
> the DSN--I do not know
> if this driver has anything to do with this
> circumstance.
> I am currently using ADO to update the database, but
> I have used a
> standard SQL INSERT statement for testing, and I get
> the same error and
> problem. When I've run an INSERT query against the
> database itself
> (from the command prompt), it won't update the
> record when I try
> inserting more than 8,118 characters into a text
> column.
>
> I've double-checked to make sure the column is of
> datatype "text" and
> not anything else. It is. So, it should accept
> unlimited text, right?
>
> Has anyone seen this problem before? I need help
> ASAP because our
> client is refusing to pay until this is resolved.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
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