DB2 - Problem description
Problem IC74270 | Status: Closed |
DB2 MIGHT NOT RETURN EXPECTED RESULTS FOR SCALE FUNCTIONS WITH SMALLINT INPUT. | |
product: | |
DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / 970 - DB2 | |
Problem description: | |
DB2 might return an error message or incorrect results when scale function (LEFT, RIGHT, OVERLAY, INSERT) are used with SMALLINT as inputs. For example, although correct, following query might return error code SQL0138N: SELECT LEFT('002', SMALLINT(2)) FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1 SQL0138N A numeric argument of a built-in string function is out of range. SQLSTATE=22011 | |
Problem Summary: | |
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: * * All the user of DB2 v9.7 FP3 and earlier. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: * * DB2 might return an error message or incorrect results when * * * * scale function (LEFT, RIGHT, OVERLAY, INSERT) are used with * * * * SMALLINT as inputs. * * * * * * * * For example, although correct, following query might return * * * * error code SQL0138N: * * * * * * * * SELECT LEFT('002', SMALLINT(2)) FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1 * * * * * * * * SQL0138N A numeric argument of a built-in string function * * is * * out of range. * * * * SQLSTATE=22011 * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * * Explicitly cast the small int as integer. * * * * * * eg. db2 "SELECT LEFT('002', cast(SMALLINT(2) as integer)) * * FROM * * SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1"; * * * * Also consider upgrade to DB2 v9.7 FP4. * **************************************************************** | |
Local Fix: | |
Explicitly cast the small int as integer. eg. db2 "SELECT LEFT('002', cast(SMALLINT(2) as integer)) FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1"; | |
available fix packs: | |
DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 4 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows | |
Solution | |
Problem was fixed in DB2 v9.7 FP4. | |
Workaround | |
not known / see Local fix | |
BUG-Tracking | |
forerunner : APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: IC74272 follow-up : | |
Timestamps | |
Date - problem reported : Date - problem closed : Date - last modified : | 07.02.2011 28.04.2011 28.04.2011 |
Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos) | |
9.7.FP4 | |
Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s) | |
9.7.0.4 |