Hi,

I've responded on the other thread.  The problem is caused by
inconsistent data between the Ad and the template fields.

Best,
- Eric

On Apr 26, 2:42 pm, BeeGeez <brianpgra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, I know it's a new ad.  Since I can't update an ad, I am creating
> a new ad and disabling the old ad.  Again, why does creating a brand
> new ad based on the existing values of an approved ad giving errors?
> Please see my SOAP request in the following 
> thread:http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/6f8d0...
>
> On Apr 23, 7:32 am, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > The AdWords system doesn't have any idea of "copies" and even if the
> > content is similar the ad will always be treated as new.  This is
> > consistent with how the AdWords web interface behaves as well.
>
> > Best,
> > - Eric
>
> > On Apr 22, 3:35 pm, BeeGeez <brianpgra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I should have been more specific.  I am changing the url of a COPY of
> > > an existing AdGroupAd that I have already read in order to create the
> > > new one using an ADD operation.  I create a copy of it before I make
> > > the URL changes, of course.  Before I can add, I have to remove the
> > > read only fields.  This works in most cases but there's always
> > > exceptions thrown in certain weird cases like this.  A copy of an
> > > approved Ad should be submittable under any circumstance which is why
> > > this is getting really frustrating working with v2009: I'm dealing
> > > with a new and different API error each day just trying to copy a new
> > > Ad and disabling the old Ad.
>
> > > On Apr 21, 1:22 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Hi,
>
> > > > It isn't possible to change the URL or any other fields of an Ad after
> > > > it's been created.  Only the fields in the AdGroupAd can be edited.
> > > > When editing those fields, set the ad field to the base type Ad and
> > > > only set the id field of that object.  That will avoid the need to
> > > > pass in other required fields.
>
> > > >  <v20:operations>
> > > >     <v20:operator>SET</v20:operator>
> > > >     <v20:operand>
> > > >        <v20:adGroupId>XXXXX</v20:adGroupId>
> > > >        <v20:ad>
> > > >           <v20:id>XXXXX</v20:id>
> > > >        </v20:ad>
> > > >        <v20:status>PAUSED</v20:status>
> > > >     </v20:operand>
> > > >  </v20:operations>
>
> > > > Best,
> > > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team
>
> > > > On Apr 21, 1:59 pm, BeeGeez <brianpgra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Looks like I need to load this data myself.  Found a related 
> > > > > thread:http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/c5a81...
>
> > > > > On Apr 20, 1:10 pm, BeeGeez <brianpgra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I am only trying to update the ad.url using the client library with 
> > > > > > an
> > > > > > existing ImageAd.  Unfortunately, when I read this ImageAd, the
> > > > > > contents of ad.image.data is set to Nothing (using VB.NET).  Now 
> > > > > > when
> > > > > > I try to change the ad.url using murtate(), I get an error since the
> > > > > > ad.image.data isn't filled in.  Questions:
>
> > > > > > 1)  Why is the ad.image.data not returned from the AdGroupSelector?
> > > > > > 2)  How can I modify my ImageAd's url since I don't have the
> > > > > > ad.image.data filled in?
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