ODBC and select count queries

[Ajit Aranha]

Hi,
I am using SQLExecDirect to �select count(*) from sometable where
somecolumn=�somevalue��.
 
I get the error : SQL_ERROR - [SAP AG][SQLOD32 DLL][SAP DB] General
error;-7008 POS(162) Updates of this table not allowed (errcode -7008,
sql state "HY000")
 
Changing the count(*) to column name executes as expected. Is there any
workaround to this??
Regards,
Ajit
P.S:I�m using the latest 7.4 odbc driver.