Microsoft KB Archive/88751

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The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2a for OS/2

BUG# OS/2: 7495 (4.2a)

SYMPTOMS
Using SQL Bridge to connect TCP/IP clients to an OS/2 SQL Server may cause the following message to appear on the SQL Bridge machine:

The SOCKETS$ device does not recognize the command Return the error to the program End the Program Retry the operation Ignore the error and continue Choosing the &quot;Return the error to the program&quot; option causes the logon attempt to fail. This happens only on certain logon attempts. A successive attempt to log on may succeed without any problems. This problem occurs only if SQL Bridge, connecting TCP/IP clients to OS/2 SQL Server, is started as a network service using the following command: net start sqlbridge

WORKAROUND
Do not start SQL Bridge as a network service with the Net Start command. Instead, start SQL Bridge from the command line using BRIDGE.EXE as follows:

Bridge -S -C

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Bridge version 4.2a. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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Last reviewed: May 5, 1997

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