BUG: SQL Transfer Manager Does Not Transfer Aliases

Last reviewed: April 29, 1997
Article ID: Q113402

The information in this article applies to:

  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2

BUG# NT: 9959 (4.2)

SYMPTOMS

SQL Transfer Manager does not transfer aliases within a database when doing a transfer. However, database users are transferred.

WORKAROUND

After the database has been transferred, recreate the aliases for the database manually using SP_ADDALIAS.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Transfer Manager version 4.2. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words:
Keywords : kbbug4.20 kbtool SSrvTrans
Version : 4.2 4.21
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 29, 1997
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