BUG: Running SQLDIAG.EXE Produces an Internal Error in the Application Event Log - EventID 998

ID: Q245556

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0

BUG #: 56856 (SQLBUG_70)

SYMPTOMS

Every time SQLDIAG.EXE is run, two stop messages are reported in the Application Log of the Windows NT Event Viewer. These error messages do NOT abort the SQLDIAG.EXE process and valid output is still produced. The error messages that occur are:

EventID: 998
Source: SQLServerProfiler
Type: Error
Category: Internal Error

Executable : C:\MSSQL7\binn\sqlservr.exe
Description : NotSupported
Source : ..\..\..\..\src\queryhis.c
Line : 219

-and-

EventID: 998
Source: SQLServerProfiler
Type: Error
Category: Internal Error

Executable : C:\MSSQL7\binn\sqldiag.exe
Description : NotSupported
Source : ..\..\..\..\src\diag.c
Line : 1049

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 7.0.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbbug7.00 kbSQLServ700bug
Version : winnt:7.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug