The Troubleshooting and Error Messages Guide contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “System Database Recovery” includes step-by-step procedures for recovering from various disaster situations involving Sybase system databases. Read this chapter before disasters occur so that recovery will be easier.
Chapter 2, “Encyclopedia of Tasks” describes a variety of useful tasks, including those required for recovery from disaster situations.
Chapter 3, “Error Message Writeups” contains detailed information about common Sybase Adaptive Server error messages, including the text of each message, potential causes of the error, and what you can do to recover from the error. The messages are listed in numerical order. Some error message types fall into more than one number sequence. For example, dbcc errors are in the 25xx range and are also in the 79xx range. Since the error message writeups are presented in numerical order, there is more than one section titled “dbcc Errors.” Only the most commonly occurring error messages are documented in this chapter.
You can create a complete listing of the Adaptive Server error messages for your installation by issuing the following isql commands:
1> use master 2> go
1> select * from sysmessages 2> go
Additional chapters contain reference information about Sybase Adaptive Server, Backup Server, and Component Integration Services (CIS) error messages, including the text of each message and a brief troubleshooting tip with instructions on what to do first when you encounter the error. All numbered error messages are documented in these chapters.
