FreeTDS Development Group

[Frediano Ziglio <freddy77 AT gmail.com>]

2010/2/25 Hari Krishna Dara <haridara AT gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:20 AM, <freetds-request AT lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:24:47 -0500
>> From: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>
>> Subject: Re: [freetds] error for insert into varbinary column:
>>        Implicit conversion from data type varchar to varbinary is not
>> allowed
>> To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Message-ID: <20100224212447.7cbcd9eb.jklowden AT freetds.org>
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>> Hari Krishna Dara wrote:
>> > I am trying to insert data into a varbinary column from python via
>> > pyodbc and unixODBC and get the below error:
>> >
>> > Traceback (most recent call last):
>> > ??File "test_pyodbc.py", line 36, in <module>
>> > ?? ?cur.execute(sql, (pyodbc.Binary(data),))
>> > pyodbc.DataError: ('22018', '[22018] [FreeTDS][SQL Server]Implicit
>> > conversion from data type varchar to varbinary is not allowed. Use the
>> > CONVERT function to run this query. (257) (SQLPrepare)')
>> >
>> > The error occurs no matter what the data contains and how long it is
>> > (happens with empty data also).
>>
>>
>> http://manuals.sybase.com:80/onlinebooks/group-cnarc/cng1110e/dblib/@ebt-link;pt=45151?target=%25N%15_12482_START_RESTART_N%25
>>
>> Designed behavior.  Binary != text.
>>
>> --jkl
>>
>
> Since I am using pyodbc.Buffer (which itself is mapped to python's built-in
> buffer type), this is not text. If somewhere in the stack, it is being
> treated as text, then it is a bug.
>
> -- Hari

To narrow down the problem a DM log would help. If program bind
pyodbc.Binary type to text this is a problem in pyodbc.

Regards
  Frediano