BUG: Wrong Error# Trying to Connect Client to Paused SQL Svr

ID: Q141669

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server version 6.0

BUG# NT: 12485 (6.00)

SYMPTOMS

When SQL Server is paused, any attempt you make to connect from a client tool, for example ISQL/W, gives the following error:

Msg. No.: -10737; Severity: 14; State 0
SQL Server has been paused; No new connections will be allowed.

The message number is incorrect. The correct message number should be

The message defined in the source is:

MessageID: INIT_SRVC_PAUSED
SQL Server has been paused; No new connections will be allowed.

This is defined as 0xc00042f6. By turning on trace flag 4031 you can see that SQL Server sends the correct message number in byte-reversed order: f64200c0.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 6.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: SQL6 errmsg

Keywords : kbusage SSrvGen kbbug6.00
Version : 6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :