Microsoft KB Archive/811704

= FIX: You may receive the &quot;Unspecified error&quot; error message when you try to open an ADO recordset in Data Access Components 2.7 Service Pack 1 or in Data Access Components 2.8 =

Article ID: 811704

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Data Access Components 2.7 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to open an ADO recordset by using a query to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 in SQL Server OLE DB provider, you may receive the following error message:

&quot;Unspecified Error&quot;(0x80004005)

This problem occurs after you install Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or MDAC 2.8.



MORE INFORMATION
The queries that you run on SQL Server 2000 to return the recordset determine whether you receive this error message. These queries include (but are not limited to) when you FETCH FROM certain kinds of cursors.



RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

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

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbqfe kbfix kbbug KB811704

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