Selecting datetime, smalldatetime, or money values from a SQL Server, which uses a big-endian client, returns incorrect results. If the column is converted to a character string, the correct value is retrieved.

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The bytes are not swapped correctly when sent back to a big-endian client.

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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 7.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information, contact your primary support provider.

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The Sybase CT-Lib client is the only known big-endian client that can connect to SQL Server.

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