Microsoft KB Archive/224162

= FIX: Unhandled exception during upgrade when excluding database with 30-character name =

Article ID: 224162

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q224162





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



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 1. For more information, contact your primary support provider.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301511



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

