Microsoft KB Archive/255664

= SMS: SMS Installation Problem Caused by SQL 7.0 Quoted_Identifier Attribute =

Article ID: 255664

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q255664



SYMPTOMS
Your attempt to install Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) did not succeed. The SMS Installation Wizard may cause the following error message to be displayed on your computer screen:

Systems Management Server Setup cannot continue because of the following error.

Setup cannot create the required database tables. Contact your SQL Administrator.

Also, the Smssetup.log file may contain the following error message:

2-21-2000 11:54:46 SqlExecute IF NOT EXISTS (select * from NextIds where IdName = "NextCollectionID") BEGIN IF NOT EXISTS (select CollectionID from Collections) BEGIN insert NextIds (IdName, IdValue) values ('NextCollectionID', 13) END ELSE BEGIN insert NextIds (IdName, IdValue) select 'NextCollectionID', max(CollectionID) + 1 from Collections END END 02-21-2000 11:54:47

Cannot execute sql command IF NOT EXISTS (select * from NextIds where IdName = "NextCollectionID")



CAUSE
This behavior can occur because of the double quotation of "NextCollectionID" located in the preceding select statement. If the Quoted_Identifier attribute is selected, SQL misinterprets "NextCollectionID" in the SMS installation script as a SQL column name.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, you must change the setting of the Quoted_Identifier attribute. By default, this attribute is not enabled. To change the setting of this attribute, perform the following steps:
 * 1) Run SQL Enterprise Manager.
 * 2) Right-click SQL Server, and then click Properties.
 * 3) On the Connection tab, locate the Quoted_Identifier attribute and set it to Off.
 * 4) After SMS is installed successfully, the Quoted_Identifier attribute can be set to On.



MORE INFORMATION
The setting of the Quoted_Identifier attribute determines what meaning Microsoft SQL Server gives to double quotation marks ("). When the Quoted_Identifier attribute is set to Off, double quotation marks delimit a character string, just as single quotation marks do. When the Quoted_Identifier attribute is set to On, double quotation marks delimit an identifier, such as a column name.

An identifier must be enclosed in double quotation marks (for example, if its name contains characters that are restricted in an identifier, including spaces and punctuation, or if the name conflicts with a reserved word in Transact-SQL). Regardless of the setting of the Quoted_Identifier attribute, an identifier can also be delimited by square brackets.

The meaning of the following statement, for example, depends on whether the Quoted_Identifier attribute is set to On or Off:

SELECT "x" FROM T

If the Quoted_Identifier attribute is set to On, "x" is interpreted to mean the column named x. If it is set to Off, "x" is the constant string x and is equivalent to the letter x.

If the preceding Select statement example had been part of a stored procedure created when the Quoted_Identifier attribute had been set to On, "x" would always mean the column named x. Even if the setting of the Quoted_Identifier attribute was later switched to Off, the stored procedure would behave as if it had been set to On and treat "x" as the column named x.

When the SQL Server Upgrade Wizard re-creates database objects in SQL Server version 7.0, the setting of the Quoted_Identifier attribute determines how all of these objects behave. If all database objects had been created in SQL Server 6.x with the same setting of the Quoted_Identifier attribute, click that setting, either On or Off. If objects had been created in SQL Server 6.x with a mix of the two settings, or if you are unsure of the settings used, click Mixed.

With the Mixed option, the SQL Server Upgrade Wizard first converts all objects containing double quotation marks with the Quoted_Identifier attribute set to On. The SQL Server Upgrade Wizard then converts any objects that could not be created with the Quoted_Identifier attribute set to Off.

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