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FIX: 'Syntax error in query' with Parameterized LIKE Queries

Article ID: 138985

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

Microsoft Foundation Class Library 4.2, when used with:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q138985

SYMPTOMS

When using a parameterized query that uses the LIKE keyword with the 2.0 ODBC Desktop drivers, the following error message may appear:

Syntax error in query expression.

CAUSE

This is a result of a bug in the 2.0 Microsoft 32-bit ODBC Desktop drivers.

RESOLUTION

The only option when using the 2.0 desktop drivers is to use the LIKE keyword without any parameterization. Instead of using the Requery() function, call the Close() and Open() member functions of the CRecordset class to make the changes in the query.

This bug is fixed in the 3.0 Microsoft ODBC Desktop drivers, so another option is to upgrade from the 2.0 desktop drivers to the 3.0 desktop drivers.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in the 32-bit Microsoft ODBC Desktop Drivers version 3.0.

Additional query words: 2.00 2.10 2.20 3.00 3.10 3.20

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