Article ID: 270061
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q270061
BUG #: 58179 (SQLBUG_70)
BUG #: 235205 (SHILOH_BUGS)
SYMPTOMS
The following error message may be returned to a Transact-SQL debugger, and reported in the SQL Server Errorlog, when you attempt to debug a Transact-SQL statement or a stored procedure:
The preceding error message appears in the Transact-SQL debugger included with Microsoft Visual C++, while the following error message appears in the Transact-SQL debugger included with Microsoft Visual Basic:
Because the client applications parse the error message, the exact error message may vary from client to client. The Transact-SQL debuggers included in various development environments in this case.
CAUSE
This error message occurs when the Configuration Function @@Servername returns Null.
To verify this, open Query Analyzer, connect to the server, and then run the following statement:
Select @@Servername
Normally, this code returns the Microsoft Windows NT machine name of the server.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, run the following statement from the Query Analyzer:
sp_addserver 'servername', 'local'
NOTE: servername is the Windows NT machine name. Stop, and then restart the SQL Server server.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB270061
