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SQLError() returns incorrect string length with Connect for ODBC driver.

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TitleSQLError() returns incorrect string length with Connect for ODBC driver.
URL NameSQLError-returns-incorrect-string-length-with-Connect-for-ODBC-driver
Article Number000184755
EnvironmentProduct : Connect for ODBC driver
Version : All supported versions
Database : All supported databases
OS : All supported platforms
Application : All supported applications
Question/Problem Description

The last parameter of SQLError() is textLength which returns the length of the error message.
When an error message has 20 characters, the SQLError function will return 21.

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This is expected behavior as the null terminator '\0' is also 1 byte.
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Last Modified Date3/11/2016 2:28 PM
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