============================================================= Readme File for IBM i Access for Windows patch for APAR SE61342 (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 1996, 2015. All rights reserved. ============================================================= This document is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. IBM disclaims all warranties, whether expressed or implied, including without limitation, the implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose and merchantability with respect to the information in this document. By furnishing this document, IBM grants no licenses to any patents or copyrights. ============================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.0 INFORMATION FOR APAR SE61342 1.1 Problem description 2.0 INSTALLATION NOTES 2.1 Applying the patch 2.2 Removing the patch 3.0 PERMANENT FIX DELIVERY ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.0 INFORMATION FOR APAR SE61342 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1 Problem Description ------------------------------------------------ After installing IBM i Access for Windows 7.1 service pack SI53809 or SI55797, ODBC applications may receive error message SQL0501 during an SQLCloseCursor or SQLFreeStmt(SQL_DROP) operation. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.0 INSTALLATION NOTES ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1 Applying the patch ------------------------------------------------------------------- This temporary patch is only compatible with 7.1 IBM i Access for Windows service pack SI53809 and SI55797. Perform the following steps on your PC: 1) Download the zip file and unzip it. 2) Close System i Navigator if it's running and any ODBC applications. 3) Rename the original cwbodbc.dll files in C:\Windows\System32 and/or C:\Windows\SysWOW64. 3) Copy the cwbodbc.dll files to the proper locations: For Windows 32-bit: x86/cwbodbc.dll -> C:\Windows\System32 For Windows 64-bit: x86/cwbodbc.dll -> C:\Windows\SysWOW64 x64/cwbodbc.dll -> C:\Windows\System32 5) The installation is complete. 2.2 Removing the patch --------------------------- Perform the following steps on your PC: 1) Close System i Navigator if it is running and any ODBC applications. 2) Remove the cwbodbc.dll file from C:\Windows\System32 and/or C:\Windows\SysWOW64. 3) Rename the original cwbodbc.dll file in C:\Windows\System32 and/or C:\Windows\SysWOW64. 4) Removal is complete. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.0 PERMANENT FIX DELIVERY ------------------------------------------------------------------- The permanent fix will be delivered in the next V7R1 Service Pack scheduled for June 2015. No special action (beyond installing that service pack) will be necessary for the user to acquire this fix. [END OF DOCUMENT]