Linked Server to Windows Azure SQL Database Inconsistent Metadata

Some tables return data OK. Some not.

SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([GAMMA_AZURE], 'SELECT * FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader');
-- (31466 row(s) affected)
SELECT * FROM [GAMMA_AZURE].AdventureWorks2012.Sales.SalesOrderHeader;
/*
Msg 7356, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "GAMMA_AZURE" supplied inconsistent metadata 
for a column. The column "SubTotal" (compile-time ordinal 20) of object ""AdventureWorks2012"."Sales"."SalesOrderHeader"" was reported 
to have a "DBTYPE" of 131 at compile time and 6 at run time.
*/
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([GAMMA_AZURE], 'SELECT * FROM HumanResources.Shift');
/*
Msg 7347, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL' for linked server 'GAMMA_AZURE' returned data that does not match expected 
data length for column '[MSDASQL].StartTime'. The (maximum) expected data length 
is 16, while the returned data length is 12.
*/

SELECT * FROM [GAMMA_AZURE].AdventureWorks2012.HumanResources.Shift;
/*
Msg 7347, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL' for linked server 'GAMMA_AZURE' returned data that does not match 
expected data length for column '[GAMMA_AZURE].[AdventureWorks2012].[HumanResources].[Shift].StartTime'. 
The (maximum) expected data length is 16, while the returned data length is 12.
*/

Kalman Toth Database & OLAP Architect
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