2934175 - Error 2780 and SQL 30037 Invalid value - SAP ASE for Business Suite

• SAP work process terminates on systems running on SAP ASE database
• SM21 and the corresponding work process developer trace report the error:
  
  ERROR: -1 in function ExeNormalModify (execute) [line 33189]C (30037) [HY000] [SAP][ASE ODBC Driver]Invalid value.
  
  

  Database error text: "SQL message: [ASE Error SQL30062:HY000][SAP][ASE ODBC Driver]Invalid character conversion.
  [ASE Error SQL30002:1ZZ00][SAP][ASE ODBC Driver]Internal Error"

  
  
  
• Corresponding error in the ASE errorlog is:

Error: 2780, Severity: 20, State: 1 maxlen (2) is less than length (98)

• Error 2780 is accompanied by a stacktrace referencing the functions:

exc__raise
exc_raise
mk_constant
bconst
tdsrecv_params
tdsrecv__paramfmt_params
tdsrecv__xoltp_setup
tdsrecv__dynexec_xoltp
tdsrecv__dynexec
tdsrecv_dynamic

• dbcc checktable (executed via isql directly on the database) on the referenced table is clean - it does not report any errors

• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 16.0 for Business Suite

30037, SQL 30037, "Invalid value", 2780, SQL30062, SQL30002, ST22, "short dumps" , KBA , BC-DB-SYB , Business Suite on Adaptive Server Enterprise , Bug Filed