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(235521) - If you install SNA Server or Client 4.0 Service Pack 2 with only the Microsoft OLE DB provider for AS/400 and VSAM selected and not the Microsoft OLE DB provider for DB2, and you configure a new Microsoft data link to use the Microsoft OLE DB provider...

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Article ID: 235521 - Last Review: February 23, 2004 - Revision: 3.0

BUG: Configuring a Data Link for OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM Fails

This article was previously published under Q235521

SYMPTOMS

If you install SNA Server or Client 4.0 Service Pack 2 with only the Microsoft OLE DB provider for AS/400 and VSAM selected and not the Microsoft OLE DB provider for DB2, and you configure a new Microsoft data link to use the Microsoft OLE DB provider for AS/400 and VSAM, you may receive the following error message:
Could not find the OLE DB DB2 Provider. You may need to run MDAC Setup again."

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SNA Server version 4.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
215838  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=215838/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest SNA Server Version 4.0 Service Pack

WORKAROUND

To configure data sources for OLE DB provider for AS/400 and VSAM using the data links, install the OLE DB provider for DB2, even if you don't otherwise need this provider.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in SNA Server version 4.0 Service Pack 3.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2
  • Microsoft OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM 4.0 SP2
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