Microsoft KB Archive/940941

= FIX: Some events are not logged correctly when you enable SQL Server event forwarding on a SQL Server Agent of SQL Server 2000 to forward events to SQL Server 2005 =

Article ID: 940941

Article Last Modified on 11/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise X64 Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard X64 Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition for Itanium-based Systems

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Bug #: 50001622 (SQL Hotfix)



Microsoft distributes Microsoft SQL Server 2005 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2005 fix release.



SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario:
 * You enable SQL Server event forwarding on a SQL Server Agent of SQL Server 2000. The events are forwarded from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005.
 * The event that is generated on the computer that is running SQL Server 2000 has an event ID of 17055.
 * You set up a SQL Server Agent alert on the computer that is running SQL Server 2005. This alert notifies e-mail operators about the events that are forwarded to SQL Server 2005.

In this scenario, the event that is forwarded to SQL Server 2005 is logged in the Application log and resembles the following: Event Type: Error

Event Source: MSSQLSERVER

Event Category: (2)

Event ID: 17055

Date:

Time:

User: N/A

Computer:

Description:

The description for Event ID (17055) in Source (MSSQLSERVER) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details.

The SQL Server Agent alert that e-mail operators receive resembles the following:

DATE/TIME:

DESCRIPTION: Failed to formate SQL Server message. Error 317.

COMMENT: (None)

JOB RUN: (None)



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the message format that SQL Server 2000 uses differs from the message format that SQL Server 2005 uses. When SQL Server Agent detects the different message format, SQL Server Agent logs the Error event in the Application log. Therefore, the specific string is not found in a message, and SQL Server 2005 does not send a message notification.



RESOLUTION
The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 5. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

943656 Cumulative update package 5 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2005 fix release. Microsoft recommends that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

937137 The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about what files are changed, and for information about any prerequisites to apply the cumulative update package that contains the hotfix that is described in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

943656 Cumulative update package 5 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

