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IT42010: THE DATADIRECT ORACLE ODBC DRIVER INCORRECTLY RETURNS INVALID HEXIDECIMAL CHARACTER FOUND.

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • When using the Oracle UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW function to convert
    data to an Oracle RAW value for insertion into a BLOB column.
    The insert fails with the error "[IBM][ODBC Oracle Wire Protocol
    driver]Invalid hexadecimal character found during conversion.
    Error in parameter X."
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    USERS AFFECTED:
    All users of IBM Integration Bus V10,  App Connect Enterprise
    Version 11 or Version 12
    
    
    Platforms affected:
    AIX, Linux on x86-64 platform, Linux on zSeries platform,
    Windows on x86-64 platform
    
    ****************************************************************
    PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
    When App Connect Enterprise attempted to insert Oracle 'RAW'
    data into BLOB database column it resulted in a failed insert.
    The failure had this error message "[IBM][ODBC Oracle Wire
    Protocol driver]Invalid hexadecimal character found during
    conversion. Error in parameter X." Where X was the parameter
    marker number for the BLOB column.
    

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IT42010

  • Reported component name

    INTEGRATION BUS

  • Reported component ID

    5724J0540

  • Reported release

    A00

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2022-09-12

  • Closed date

    2023-04-05

  • Last modified date

    2023-04-05

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    INTEGRATION BUS

  • Fixed component ID

    5724J0540

Applicable component levels

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU029","label":"Software"},"Product":{"code":"SSNQK6","label":"IBM Integration Bus"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"10.0"}]

Document Information

Modified date:
06 April 2023