Messages 2021 through 2042

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Number Msg Type SQL State SQL Code Message Possible Cause
2021 Error 08W39 -72L "No database file specified" The database server was started but there was no specified database file. The server is stopped.

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2022 Error 08W12 -85L "Communication error" There is a communication problem between the application and the server.

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2024 Error 08W26 -78L "Dynamic memory exhausted" A failure occurred when the database server was trying to allocate dynamic memory.

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2025 Error 08W13 -86L "Not enough memory to start" The database server started, but stopped because there was not enough memory.

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2026 Error 08W14 -87L "Database name required to start server" You did not supply a database name. A database name is required to start a database server.

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2027 Error 08W15 -88L "Client/server communications protocol version mismatch" The connection failed because the protocol versions of the client and the server do not match. Ensure the client and server software are the same version.

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2028 Error 08W23 -96L "Database server already running" The database server was not able to start because a server with the same name was already running.

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2029 Error 08W16 -89L "Database server not running in multi-user mode" The database server was started for bulk loading (the -b option) and cannot be used as a network server. Stop the database server, and start again without -b.

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2030 Error 08W24 -735L "Invalid parameter" An error occurred while evaluating a parameter.

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2031 Error 08W22 -97L "Database page size too big: %1" You attempted to start a database with a page size that exceeds the maximum page size of the running server. Either restart the server and include this database name on the command line, or restart the server with the required page size.

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2032 Error 08W32 -644L "Invalid database page size" You attempted to create a database with an invalid page size. The page size for a SQL Anywhere database must be either 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, or 32768 bytes. The page size for an UltraLite database must be either 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, or 16384 bytes.

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2033 Error 08W33 -645L "Database creation failed: %1" Your attempt to initialize a file for a database failed.

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2034 Error 08W21 -98L "Authentication violation" You attempted to connect to a server that has been authenticated for exclusive use with a specific application.

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2035 Error 08W04 -99L "Connections to database have been disabled" Connections to the network database server have been disabled. You will receive this error until connections have been enabled.

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2036 Error 08W01 -100L "Database server not found" The database server is not running, or is in the process of starting up or shutting down, or the interface library is unable to find it.

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2037 Error 08003 -101L "Not connected to a database" You are not connected to a database, or you executed the DISCONNECT statement and have not connected to a database again.

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2038 Error 08W03 -102L "Database server connection limit exceeded" You exceeded the number of computers allowed to connect to the server. If you are running the network database server, the limit is spelled out in your license agreement. The server may be running low on cache such that it cannot accept any more database connections. The personal database server is restricted to 10 connections.

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2039 Error 28000 -103L "Invalid user ID or password" You supplied an invalid user ID or an incorrect password.

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2041 Error 28W01 -104L "Invalid user ID or password on preprocessed module" You specified an invalid user ID or password when a module was preprocessed.

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2042 Error 08001 -105L "Database cannot be started -- %1" The specified database cannot be started. Either it does not exist, it is not a database, it is corrupt, or it is an older, unsupported format.

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Created June 15, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com