DirectConnect issues

The following table lists outstanding issues that apply to DirectConnect products. Each issue identifies specific hardware or operating system information, a workaround (if available), and the QTS assigned to it, if any.

Table 6: Known issues for DirectConnect products

Product

Description

Workaround

QTS #

All DirectConnect products except DirectConnect for Oracle

Express transfer does not support the transfer of char datatypes to and from decimal datatypes.

Convert query datatypes from char to decimal datatypes in the transfer query statement by using the SQL CAST function.

None.

Express transfer does not support the transfer of text datatypes to and from char datatypes.

Convert query datatypes from text to char datatypes in the transfer query statement by using the SQL CAST function.

None.

DirectConnect for DB2 UDB only

CLOB data is limited to 32K. BLOB datatype is not supported.

Use DirectConnect for z/OS.

None.

DirectConnect for Microsoft SQL Server

ASE/CIS is not correctly mapped to the correct datatype, resulting in insert failures.

None

275506

Update of read-only cursors fails to return errors against Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

None

425343