Messages 08W07 through 08W26

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SQL State Msg Type Number SQL Code Message Possible Cause
08W07 Error 2011 -80L "Unable to start database server" It was not possible to start the database server. There may not be enough memory to run the database server. It may be that the executable cannot be found.

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08W08 Error 2012 -81L "Invalid database server command line" It was not possible to start the database server because the command line was invalid.

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08W09 Error 2018 -82L "Unable to start specified database: %1" The database server was unable to start the specified database. Check the server window messages area for more details. If the server was being autostarted, using the server -o option or manually starting the server may give more details.

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08W10 Error 2019 -83L "Specified database not found" The database server was unable to find the specified database. The database server may be attempting to start a database file that cannot be opened or that cannot be found on the network. You may be attempting to connect to a database name that is not running.

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08W11 Error 2020 -84L "Specified database is invalid" The database file you specified is invalid. The database server is stopped.

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

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

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08W14 Error 2026 -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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08W15 Error 2027 -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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08W16 Error 2029 -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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08W17 Error 2044 -107L "Error writing to transaction log file" The database server got an I/O error writing the transaction log file. The disk may be full or the log file name could be invalid.

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08W18 Error 2178 -230L "sqlpp/dblib version mismatch" Your executable has Embedded SQL source files that were preprocessed with a version of sqlpp that does not match the database interface library.

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08W19 Error 2179 -231L "Client/database server version mismatch" Your executable uses a database interface library that does not match the version number of the database server.

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08W20 Error 2845 -985L "The database name 'utility_db' is reserved for the utility database." You are attempting to start a database with the name "utility_db". This name is reserved for the utility database.

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08W21 Error 2034 -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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08W22 Error 2031 -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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08W23 Error 2028 -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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08W24 Error 2030 -735L "Invalid parameter" An error occurred while evaluating a parameter.

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08W25 Error 2017 -79L "Invalid local database option" An invalid database option was found in the DBS (DatabaseSwitches) connection parameter.

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

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Created April 27, 2010. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com