[Mono-bugs] [Bug 78234][Maj] New - Out of memory exception when reading "long varchar" columns

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Changed by mjscod at gmx.de.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=78234

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+Bug#: 78234
+Product: Mono: Class Libraries
+Version: 1.1
+OS: All
+OS Details: SuSE 9.3 x86_64 and WinXP Pro SP2
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Major
+Component: Sys.Data
+AssignedTo: tsenganal at novell.com                            
+ReportedBy: mjscod at gmx.de               
+QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Out of memory exception when reading "long varchar" columns
+
+Please fill in this template when reporting a bug, unless you know what you
+are doing.
+Description of Problem:
+
+
+Steps to reproduce the problem:
+1. Connect to Sybase ASA database using Systme.Data.Odbc using the Sybase
+ODBC driver.
+2. Load data from a table like SYS.SYSCOLUMN that contains multiple "long
+varchar" entries
+
+Actual Results:
+- Out of memory exception
+
+Expected Results:
+- The contents of the row/column
+
+How often does this happen? 
+- Always
+
+Additional Information:
+
+I guess that this problem occurs because ODBC returns a huge column size
+(>1GB) but the actual data is NULL or its size is much smaller. I guess
+that the ODBC reader tries to allocate a memory block as large as the max.
+column width.
+
+I'll attach a small test application.