FIX: You may receive the "Could not convert the data value due to reasons other than sign mismatch or overflow" error message when you use the ADSI OLE DB provider to retrieve I8 data type properties in Windows 2000 Server (892098)

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) OLE DB provider in a Microsoft SQL Server stored procedure to retrieve I8 data type properties, you may receive the following error message:

Could not get the data of the row from the OLE DB provider 'ADSDSOObject'. Could not convert the data value due to reasons other than sign mismatch or overflow.

CAUSE

The ADSI OLE DB provider represents I8 fields by using a DBTYPE_VARIANT(IDispatch) data type. The provider does not convert the I8 data type to a string. Microsoft SQL Server requires that the provider convert a VARIANT data type to a WSTR data type.

Note An I8 data type is represented in eight bytes. The I8 data type is a number with 19-digit precision. The value range is from -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807.

RESOLUTION

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File Information

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
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   03-Feb-2005  08:54  5.0.2195.7028     184,592  Activeds.dll

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about a hotfix that applies to Microsoft Windows Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

887474 FIX: "Could not convert the data value due to reasons other than sign mismatch or overflow" error message when you use the ADSI OLE DB provider to retrieve I8 data type properties in Windows Server 2003

For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates