FIX: Unhandled Exception During Upgrade When Excluding Database with 30 Character Name

• Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When running the Version Upgrade Wizard to upgrade SQL Server 6.x to SQL Server 7.0, if a database whose name is 30 characters long is excluded from the upgrade, the wizard generates an unhandled exception and stops running.

If Dr. Watson is set as the default debugger, an error message similar to the following will be displayed immediately after clicking the EXCLUDE button:

An application error has occurred
and an application error log is being generated.

upgrade.exe
Exception: privileged instruction (0xc0000065), Address: 0x007f1a80

WORKAROUND

Include the database in the upgrade and delete it from SQL 7.0 after the upgrade has completed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 1 for Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0. For information about downloading and installing the latest SQL Server Service Pack, see http://support.microsoft.com/support/sql/.

For more information, contact your primary support provider.

MORE INFORMATION

For further information on setting up Dr. Watson as the default debugger, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q121434 Specifying the Debugger for Unhandled User Mode Exceptions

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbSQLServ700 kbSQLServ700bug
Version : winnt:7.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug