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2213855 - Python: The scale field of the CS_DATAFMT structure has an illegal value of -2562.', 5 - SDK for SAP ASE

Symptom

  • A numeric column invovled in bulk operations fails
  • When using a numeric (as opposed to decimal) field on ASE and using python bulk operations to load data, a failure will occur:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "blktypes_num.py", line 105, in <module>
blk.rowxfer([s, i, f, d, n, ti, da, ts, b])
sybpydb.ProgrammingError: ('blk_bind(): blk layer: user error: The scale field of the CS_DATAFMT structure has an illegal value of -2562.', 5)


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Environment

  • SAP Sybase Software Developers Kit (SDK) 15.7 SP130
  • SAP Sybase Software Developers Kit (SDK) 16.0
  • SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.7
  • SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 16.0
  • Open Client Client-Library
  • Adaptive Server Enterprise extension module for Python

Product

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 ; SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0 ; SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise SDK 16.0 ; Sybase Software Developer Kit 15.7

Keywords

772750, CR772750, blktypes.py, blk.rowxfer, TDS , KBA , BC-SYB-SDK , SDK , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , Known Error

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