I'm using 2.1.2... However I don't have a table that has a 65535 encoding to test with. I just meant to say that I no longer got the connection string error message after using the appropriate property in the IBM .NET driver...
On Aug 19, 6:36 pm, rhartzog <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm, what version of Nhibernate are you using? I have 2.1.2.4000 > here. > > Thanks for sticking with me here by the way. > > On Aug 19, 6:18 pm, MattO <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I don't think you need to examine the nHibernate source code. the > > translate property doesn't exist on the IBM.DB2.Iseries .NET driver, > > it only exists on the ODBC driver which is why you received the error > > when setting Translate=1 (I also go the error). > > > After setting the CharBitDataAsString=TRUE value however nHibernate > > did not complain. > > > To be honest, you might be better taking nHibernate completely out of > > the picture and create a standard ADO .NET connection you will see the > > same behaviour the nHibernate framework is erroring about as it's > > really just a wrapper around ADO .NET. > > > On Aug 19, 5:43 pm, rhartzog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That was my first thought, "how the hell did he find this stuff, I've > > > googled it". I hadn't even thought about ssis. > > > > I think the error is actually coming from nhibernate. I believe it's > > > parsing the connection string and making sure it's valid before > > > passing it on to the driver. I'm going to dig around in the source > > > code and try to find where this is happening. > > > > On Aug 19, 4:29 pm, MattO <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Okay, well the links to the keyword propertys I sent you apparently > > > > are only for the ODBC driver. The .NET driver is completely different > > > > (sigh, about ready to go kick that old mainframe). > > > > > <property > > > > name="connection.connection_string">DataSource=servername;CharBitDataAsStri > > > > ng=True;UserID=xxxxx;Password=xxxx;</ > > > > property> > > > > > The property is CharBitDataAsString should be set to TRUE, the default > > > > is false. > > > > > If your wondering how the hell I found it, I actually opened up SSIS > > > > (sql server integration services), and added a new ADO .NET source and > > > > told it to use the IBM DB2 driver and it gives me a nice GUI of all > > > > the propertys and their descriptions. > > > > > If you search for this on the internet you will find nothing because > > > > the AS400 is ancient, and there is so much undocumented stuff > > > > (particularly around the AS400) that it makes my head spin and roll my > > > > eyes at IBM. I've wasted countless hours interacting with this beast > > > > of a machine. Sorry, I'm very jaded at this point. > > > > > On Aug 19, 3:45 pm, rhartzog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > It makes me want to slam my head in a car door a few times. > > > > > > Alright, so that is some good information, but when I add TRANSLATE=1 > > > > > or ForceTranslation = 1 into the connection string I get an invalid > > > > > property exception. Is my connection string properly formed as you > > > > > see it? I have to add the schema names to the mapping file as you can > > > > > see by my earlier screenshot. > > > > > > Definitely can't change the table... errr... I mean file structure. > > > > > There are a ton of rpg programs running off of this. > > > > > > Man this is annoying. > > > > > > On Aug 19, 2:48 pm, MattO <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Ryan, > > > > > > > Okay, so even though you didn't tell me which column you are having > > > > > > issues with I am going to assume it is the ABALKY column that has > > > > > > the > > > > > > problem. I *BELIEVE* the issue is the code page of 65535. Really > > > > > > that should probably be code page 37 (US English) like the other > > > > > > fields, but someone may have accidently? made the wrong code page > > > > > > value. Code page 65535 from what I can tell means that it should be > > > > > > treated as binary data. Here is a snippet that leads me to believe > > > > > > that: > > > > > > > *HEX: The CCSID 66535 is used, which indicates that the character > > > > > > data > > > > > > in the fields is treated as bit data and is not converted. > > > > > > > This is from this > > > > > > page:http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/index.htm?info/cl/c... > > > > > > > So as I see it you have two options. > > > > > > > 1. Change the code page for that column to 37 like the other CHAR > > > > > > columns (this would require potentially a lot of work, any RPG > > > > > > program > > > > > > that is bound to that table or CHAIN to it would have to be > > > > > > recompiled > > > > > > I assume, but I'm not an RPG master but this is one of those things > > > > > > I > > > > > > despise the AS400 for). > > > > > > > 2. Add a flag to your connection string to tell it how to convert > > > > > > binary data. This is probably the simplest option. adding > > > > > > TRANSLATE=1; to your connection string should fix the issue. (see > > > > > > the > > > > > > third link below for why). > > > > > > > See here for more information: > > > > > > >http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic...... > > > > > > > and finally the good part: > > > > > > >http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?topic... > > > > > > > Isn't the AS400 FUN!!!! (I'm being very sarcastic here). > > > > > > > On Aug 19, 12:39 pm, rhartzog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thank you MattO, here is the information you have requested: > > > > > > > > Key column: > > > > > > > Column: ABAN8 > > > > > > > Data Type: Zoned > > > > > > > Field Length: 8 0 (yes a space is between those two numbers) > > > > > > > Code Character Set: null > > > > > > > > No problems displaying information: > > > > > > > Column: ABALPH > > > > > > > Data Type: CHAR > > > > > > > Field Length: 40 > > > > > > > Code Character Set: 37 > > > > > > > > Problems displaying information: > > > > > > > Column: ABALKY > > > > > > > Data Type: CHAR > > > > > > > Field Length: 20 > > > > > > > Code Character Set: 65535 > > > > > > > > 2) I took a screenshot of my hibernate.cfg > > > > > > > file:http://lh5.ggpht.com/_HHLbJSECQBs/TG1nAn5p8FI/AAAAAAAAATY/dqugRhiflhA... > > > > > > > > 3) -- Generate SQL > > > > > > > -- Version: V5R4M0 060210 > > > > > > > -- Generated on: 08/19/10 12:04:01 > > > > > > > -- Relational Database: DWHOMES > > > > > > > -- Standards Option: DB2 UDB iSeries > > > > > > > CREATE TABLE TESTDATA.F0101 ( > > > > > > > -- SQL150B 10 REUSEDLT(*NO) in table F0101 in TESTDATA > > > > > > > ignored. > > > > > > > ABAN8 NUMERIC(8, 0) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 , > > > > > > > -- SQL150D 10 EDTCDE in column ABAN8 ignored. > > > > > > > ABALKY CHAR(20) CCSID 65535 NOT NULL DEFAULT '' , > > > > > > > ABALPH CHAR(40) CCSID 37 NOT NULL DEFAULT '' , ... > > > > > > > > 4) Looks like V5R4 from item #3 above. I am using version > > > > > > > 12.0.0.0 of > > > > > > > the IBM.Data.DB2.iSeries.dll > > > > > > > > 5) A screenshot of the mapping file. I have tried various > > > > > > > definitions > > > > > > > with the problematic > > > > > > > column.http://lh5.ggpht.com/_HHLbJSECQBs/TG1r1AGDT2I/AAAAAAAAATk/ceHT9vWi3_I... > > > > > > > > I am not even sure my session factory is set up properly, so if > > > > > > > something looks wrong it probably is. > > > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > > On Aug 19, 8:00 am, MattO <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Welcome to DB2/AS400 hell, I'm in the same boat (sinking) as > > > > > > > > you. All > > > > > > > > joking aside, here is what I would do to help trouble shoot the > > > > > > > > issue. It may be a character code set translation issue (which > > > > > > > > your > > > > > > > > DB2 driver must use) > > > > > > > > > 1. Login to the AS400 and do a DSPFFD (display phsyical file > > > > > > > > description) on the table in question, then copy and paste the > > > > > > > > results > > > > > > > > of that column information. The info I'm looking for is > > > > > > > > fieldname, > > > > > > > > data type, field length, and coded character set. > > > > > > > > 2. Copy and paste your connection string that you are using in > > > > > > > > here, > > > > > > > > this is important as it controls how character sets are decoded. > > > > > > > > 3. Go into iSeries navigator and go to Databases>>your > > > > > > > > database>>Schemas>>Library>>Tables, then find the table in > > > > > > > > question > > > > > > > > and right click on it and click on "Generate SQL". Then hit the > > > > > > > > "Generate" button. Copy the information from the creation > > > > > > > > script for > > > > > > > > the field in question to this forum post. > > > > > > > > 4. List the version of AS400 you are running (V5R4, V6R1, etc) > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > tell me the version of the IBM.DB2.Iseries .NET driver you are > > > > > > > > using > > > > > > > > 5. Also paste in your HBM XML mapping file so I can compare > > > > > > > > all the > > > > > > > > information. > > > > > > > > > Once we have that we may be able to get to the bottom of whats > > > > > > > > going > > > > > > > > on. > > > > > > > > > On Aug 18, 8:28 pm, rhartzog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I am very new to trying to access data on a db2 sitting on an > > > > > > > > > AS400 > > > > > > > > > server. There is a column which shows in EZVIEW as data type > > > > > > > > > "A" with > > > > > > > > > a length of 12. Using iNavigator and looking at the table > > > > > > > > > definition > > > > > > > > > it shows as character 12. When I map this to a string > > > > > > > > > property it > > > > > > > > > writes out as System.Byte[] so I am a bit confused. There is > > > > > > > > > very > > > > > > > > > little in the way of documentation or examples for using NH > > > > > > > > > with db2 > > > > > > > > > so I am coming up short on finding any help with this. Any > > > > > > > > > help with > > > > > > > > > how to map these data types or mapping to a db2 in general > > > > > > > > > would be > > > > > > > > > greatly appreciated.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nhusers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhusers?hl=en.
