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ODBC Driver problem.. Please help me...

Hello Experts,

I got problem with this application that are connect to ODBC drivers.I had develop a function call SearchData(ITEMCODE[]) in Visual C++ which involved accessing tables from Microsoft Access Database. And the tables each consists of 100 records. The API I used to pass parameters (ITEMCODE) to the function is develop in VB5.0. The sample code in VB is very simple as below:
Do Until EOF()
ITEMCODE = rc("fldItemCode")
value = SearchData(ITEMCODE)
Loop

The first time I run this application which loop around 100 times(100 records from same table involve in SearchData), it manage to produce the right output. But the second time, it produce junk..... When I use different computer to process this appllication, it manage to go only 2 round...and then it produce junk... When I debug thru the SearchData function, I discover that the ODBC driver were disconnected
(rc = -1). I try to assign const rc = 1(force to connect) but still the same, unless I quit application and rerun again.

The code that I used to connect ODBC driver is as below:

SQLHENV henv = NULL;
SQLHDBC hdbc = NULL;
SQLHSTMT hstmt = NULL;
SQLRETURN rc;

if (SQL_SUCCESS ==
(rc = ::SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV,
SQL_NULL_HANDLE, &henv)))
      {
if (SQL_SUCCESS == (rc = ::SQLSetEnvAttr(henv,
SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION,(SQLPOINTER)
SQL_OV_ODBC3, SQL_IS_INTEGER)))
            {
             if (SQL_SUCCESS == (rc = ::SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, henv, &hdbc)))
            {
              rc = ::SQLConnect(hdbc, (SQLCHAR*)"Bank Negara Formula Database", SQL_NTS,
                  (SQLCHAR*)"", SQL_NTS, (SQLCHAR*)"", SQL_NTS);
              if ((SQL_SUCCESS == rc)
              || (SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO == rc))
              {
                  bIsConnected = 'T';
              if (SQL_SUCCESS == (rc = ::SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT,
                  hdbc, &hstmt)))
                  {
                                           strcpy(statement,"SELECT fldTag FROM tblItemCode ");
strcat(statement, "where flditemcode = ");
strcat(statement,"'");
strcat(statement, ITEMCODE);
strcat(statement,"'");
LPCSTR szSQL = statement;

if (SQL_SUCCESS == (rc = ::SQLPrepare(hstmt,
      (unsigned char*)szSQL, SQL_NTS)))
      {
      if (SQL_SUCCESS == (rc = ::SQLExecute(hstmt)))
      {
       SDWORD cb;
char szItmTag[LEN_TAG];
       SQLBindCol(hstmt, 1, SQL_C_CHAR, szItmTag,
       LEN_TAG, &cb);
       rc = SQLFetch(hstmt);
ITEMCODE[LEN_ITEMCODE]='\0';
            if (rc == SQL_SUCCESS)
            {
            while (SQL_SUCCESS == rc)
            {
            strcpy(itmtag, szItmTag);
            rc = SQLFetch(hstmt);
            } // end while SQL_SUCCESS
}

Can some expert help me in or show me the better way of connecting to ODBC driver. I really appreciate it. Thank you.

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dekoay

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Hello Bobbyn,

Yes, i did free all handle that I created, it just i diddn't show them here becoz the program is very long. However, a new discoveries has occur after i made some modification to the stack I created. This time it loops until 5 times before it return me a junk value. Now, I suspected that it causes by memory problem. Is there a way I can destroy the stack I created after used ?

Thank You, Bob. Yur help is truly appreciated.

Regards
Dekoay

bobbym

Dear Dekoay,
I'm not quite sure that I'm getting the idea (about the stack), but the problem is obviously connected with the handles (since you have to re-run the program to make it run again.
I see that you are using a lot ot strcat, strcpy and so on. I think it's a good idea to check wheather those functions do not mess the memory, especially if for example the statement and itmtag variables are declared before the handles. Make sure you do not overwrite the memory for the handles, cause as I can see they are declared after those two and so reside after them in the stack.
Can you move for example all the handles above in the stack and try to increase the size of the string variables. If you get more rows without junk maybe that is the problem :) (maybe not) :)

Best regards Bob