Microsoft KB Archive/294828

= FIX: Passing a Large Command Line String to Query Analyzer Results in Assertion Failed =

Article ID: 294828

Article Last Modified on 11/5/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q294828



BUG #: 353011 (SHILOH_BUGS) BUG #: 353081 (SHILOH_BUGS)



SYMPTOMS
When you start Query Analyzer (Isqlw.exe) from a command prompt and attempt to pass a very long string (around 1370 characters) using the /U parameter, an error message that resembles the following may be displayed:

[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager]Data source name not found and no default driver specified

After you click OK, or press ESC, the Connect to SQL Server dialog box is displayed. At this point, you have the following options:  If you click Cancel, or press ESC, you receive the following error message:

Assertion Failed!

Program: ...s\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\BINN\isqlw.exe

File: ..\src\comboex.cpp

Line: 806

Expression: 0

For information on how your program can cause an assertion

failure, see the Visual C++ documentation on asserts

(Press Retry to debug the application - JIT must be enabled)

If you then click Abort, you are returned to the command prompt. If you click Retry or Ignore, the following dialog box appears:

Program Error

isql.exe generated errors and will be closed by Windows.

You will need to restart the program.

An error log is being created.

You must then click OK, and you are returned to the command prompt. If you enter valid SQL Server authentication credentials or switch to Windows authentication, the following dialog box appears:

SQL Query Analyzer

Unable to connect to server :

ODBC: Msg 0, Level 16, State 1

[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified

At this point, you must click OK, or press ESC, and you are returned to the Connect to SQL Server dialog box.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 INF: How to Obtain the Latest SQL Server 2000 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in SQL Server 2000. This problem was first corrected in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsqlserv2000sp1fix KB294828

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