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  • 1.  PDO DB2 and VARCHAR more than 255 characters

    Posted 04-12-2017 12:54

    Hi,

    We want to use PHP to access DB2 tables with VARCHAR columns longer than 255 characters.

    When a SELECT query is executed, the value of a VARCHAR column of more than 255 characters is not returned …

    By enabling a trace in the DSNAOINI configuration (APPLTRACE = 1 and APPLTRACEFILENAME = path), we find that the SQLGetData statement returns an SQL_ERROR when accessing this column.

    Is this a limitation of the ODBC driver? Of PDO?
    Is there a way to circumvent this limitation?

    Thank you in advance for your help.

    Regards,

    Denis



  • 2.  RE: PDO DB2 and VARCHAR more than 255 characters

    Posted 05-27-2018 16:20

    Hi

    I have got the same problem and it is a real showstopper for me.
    I know this is not a limitation of ODBC or PDO, because the IBM ported tools did work with long varchar’s.
    Wonder if this is fixed or will be fixed in the near future.

    Leo



  • 3.  RE: PDO DB2 and VARCHAR more than 255 characters

    ROCKETEER
    Posted 05-29-2018 07:37

    Hi Denis and Leo,

    Thanks for reporting.
    The internal issue was opened for this case.

    Regards,
    Sergey