DB2 - Problem description
Problem IC65582 | Status: Closed |
DELETE FROM TABLE MAY RETURN SQL0440N AFTER A COLUMN WAS DROPPED FROM ITS DEPENDENT/PARENT TABLE IN A FOREIGN KEY CONSTRAINT | |
product: | |
DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / 970 - DB2 | |
Problem description: | |
This problem may affect either the parent or the dependent table in a foreign key constraint, depending on the table against which the DROP COLUMN was issued. Dropping a column from a table involved in a foreign key constraint may cause incorrect updates to the referential constraint descriptor of the "partner" table. As a result, a DELETE FROM against the "partner" table may return SQL0440N due to a column type mismatch caused by the corrupted descriptor. The following error message is returned: SQL0440N No authorized routine named "=" of type "FUNCTION" having compatible arguments was found. SQLSTATE=42884 One condition that may lead to this problem is when column(s) with higher column id value comes before column(s) with lower column id value in the foreign key definition. e.g. db2 "alter table t2 add constraint fk foreign key (c3, c1, c2) references t1 (c3, c1, c2)" where c1 represent column with column id 1. | |
Problem Summary: | |
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: * * All DB2 Version 9.7 GA through Fix Pack 1 serverson Linux, * * Unix and Windows where a column isdropped from a table * * involved in a foreign keyconstraint. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: * * Dropping a column from a table involved in a foreign * * keyconstraint may cause incorrect updates to the * * referentialconstraint descriptor of the "partner" table. As * * a result, aDELETE FROM against the "partner" table may * * return SQL0440Ndue to a column type mismatch caused by the * * corrupteddescriptor. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * * Update to Version 9.7 Fix Pack 2 * **************************************************************** | |
Local Fix: | |
Contact IBM Support to have the corrupted descriptor patched. | |
available fix packs: | |
DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows | |
Solution | |
Problem was first fixed in Version 9.7 Fix Pack 2 | |
Workaround | |
See LOCAL FIX | |
Timestamps | |
Date - problem reported : Date - problem closed : Date - last modified : | 14.01.2010 25.05.2010 25.05.2010 |
Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos) | |
9.7.FP2 | |
Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s) | |
9.7.0.2 |