GetBytes function

• spin

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  December 5, 2011 at 9:12 am

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  Hi All

  i've created a table locally from a linked server view. When try to do a select * from .... i get

  An error occurred while executing batch.

  Error message is: Invalid attempt to GetBytes on column 'MYDATE'.

  The GetBytes function can only be used on columns of type Text, NText, or Image.

  i've done some digging and found that it's fairly common when the client is 2005 and the server 2008 but i've created the table in my local instance of sql express 2005 and am querying it from there too.

  anyone?

  thanks.

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  December 5, 2011 at 9:36 am

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  spin (12/5/2011)

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  Hi All

  i've created a table locally from a linked server view. When try to do a select * from .... i get

  An error occurred while executing batch.

  Error message is: Invalid attempt to GetBytes on column 'MYDATE'.

  The GetBytes function can only be used on columns of type Text, NText, or Image.

  i've done some digging and found that it's fairly common when the client is 2005 and the server 2008 but i've created the table in my local instance of sql express 2005 and am querying it from there too.

  anyone?

  thanks.

  What happens if you run the query using SQLCMD ?

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