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1980749 - BCP command fails with error 4847 - SAP ASE

Symptom

A BCP IN command fails with error 4847:

  • Sample BCP command

BCP db_name.tab_owner.my_table in my_table.bcp -Usa -SASE -c

  • Returns messages 4847 and 3621

Starting copy...
 Server Message: Msg 4847, Level 16, State 1:
 BCP insert operation is disabled when data size is changing between client and server character sets.
 Please use BCP's -Y option to invoke client-side conversion.


 Server Message: Msg 3621, Level 10, State 0:
 Command has been aborted.

 CTLIB Message:  - L1/O3/S0/N14/0/0:
 blk_init(): blk layer: CT library error: Failed when CT_Lib routine
 ct_results() called.
 blk_init failed.
 bcp copy in failed.


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Environment

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

Product

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise all versions

Keywords

LANG, Error: 4847, Msg: 4847, character-set conversion, Msg 3621 , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , Problem

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