You receive an error message from a C# application that uses the Microsoft OLE DB provider for DB2 in Host Integration Server 2000 SP1 after you upgrade to IBM AS/400 V5R3

After you upgrade to IBM AS/400 V5R3, you may receive the following error message from a C# application that uses the Microsoft OLE DB provider for DB2 (DB2OLEDB) in Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1):

This problem occurs because one of the following conditions is true:

• The AS/400 host system returns invalid CCSIDs to the data provider.
  
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• The metadata is not correctly initialized by the Type overrides that are contained in the Late Descriptor property.

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

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