Microsoft KB Archive/257424

= FIX: Problem Upgrading Japanese Database Servers to Windows 2000 After Installing Service Pack 2 =

Article ID: 257424

Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q257424



BUG #: 57695 (SQLBUG_70)



SYMPTOMS
If you install the Database Components SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) on a server that is running Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 95, or Windows 98, and you then later upgrade the operating system to Windows 2000, the Windows 2000 upgrade replaces certain system files involved in sorting Japanese characters with versions of the files that are earlier than the versions required by SP2.

This issue applies only to servers on which you have databases that contain Japanese characters.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, if you use Japanese characters in your SQL Server databases, re-run the version of the Sqlredis.exe that came with SQL Server 7.0 SP2, after you upgrade the operating system to Windows 2000.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

274799 INF: How to Obtain Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0

For more information, contact your primary support provider.



MORE INFORMATION
This issue applies only to servers on which you have databases that contain Japanese characters. You do not have to reapply Sqlredis.exe on any client computers, or any servers that do not have databases containing Japanese characters.

Additional query words: win 2k w2k win2k win2000 install installation upgrade setup fail fails

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB257424

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