Description:
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I am converting an application to win2k/mssql from linux/mysql. Using ereg to validate form field data.
Getting unuasual error message from the win2k odbc driver.


Reproduce code:
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Validation code:

if(  !ereg("^([1-zA-Z0-1@.\s-]{3,18})$",$stmp) )

Using odbc_do(), almost any simple query returning rows
will result in the driver throwing an error message
like:

"Error converting data type varchar to numeric"

I say almost because sometimes a row of data was returned.
But even then, reloading the script would give the above error.

Expected result:
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Valid data from the odbc driver or a known error message.



Actual result:
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Removing the call to ereg() will cause the query to return proper data.

No further info at this time. (Took me 2 days to track this down). I beleive an old copy of active perl is installed on this box, if that has any bearing.