Messages 08W88 through 08WA7

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SQL State Msg Type Number SQL Code Message Possible Cause
08W88 Error 2675 -1007L "Unable to start specified database: '%1' is an invalid transaction log" The specified file is not a valid transaction log.

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08W89 Error 2702 -1033L "Unable to start database server: Server fatal error" The database server failed to start because a fatal error or assertion failure occurred. More information may be available in the Windows event log or Unix system log or by manually starting the database server.

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08W90 Error 2705 -1036L "The DBN/DBF parameters do not match the database for this alternate server name" The DBN or DBF parameters specified do not match the database using the specified alternate server name.

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08W91 Error 2708 -1039L "Cannot connect to mirror server. Use server name '%1' to find the primary server" You have attempted to connect to the mirror server in a mirroring system. You should change your connection string or DSN to use the server name for the mirroring system.

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08W92 Error 2942 -1259L "Hash error: %1" An error occurred during hashing.

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08W93 Error 2732 -1063L "Unable to start database %1: Cannot use read-only mode if auditing is enabled" The specified database has auditing enabled, and cannot be started read-only.

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08W94 Error 2759 -1090L "Function '%1' has invalid parameter '%2' ('%3')" An error occurred while evaluating a parameter.

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08W95 Error 2767 -1097L "ATTACH TRACING could not connect to the tracing database" A connection to the tracing database could not be established. Check your connection string and verify that other clients can connect. Note that if you are trying to attach tracing to another server, perhaps the connection is being blocked by a firewall.

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08W96 Error 2768 -1098L "A tracing connection is already active" This database is already participating in a tracing connection, either as the sender (the database being traced) or as the receiver (the tracing database). A database can only send or receive one stream of tracing data at a time.

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08W97 Error 2819 -1145L "Unable to connect: The server did not accept the requested encryption type" The server only accepts certain encryption types, and the connection's encryption type is not one of the accepted types. The -ec server option is used to configure the encryption types that the server accepts.

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08W98 Error 2821 -1147L "Database '%1' cannot be started on this platform. See http://ianywhere.com/developer/product_manuals/sqlanywhere/notes/en/endian_corruption_warning.html" It was determined that the database may be corrupt. More information and instructions on how to proceed are available at: http://ianywhere.com/developer/product_manuals/sqlanywhere/notes/en/endian_corruption_warning.html

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08W99 Error 2825 -1149L "Database '%1' cannot be started on this platform. See http://ianywhere.com/developer/product_manuals/sqlanywhere/notes/en/endian_cant_change_platform.html" It was determined that the database cannot be started on the current platform because doing so could possibly cause an endian related database file corruption. It will continue to start without problems on a platform with the opposite endian. More information and instructions on how to proceed are available at: http://ianywhere.com/developer/product_manuals/sqlanywhere/notes/en/endian_cant_change_platform.html

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08WA0 Error 2828 -1152L "Password has expired" You attempted to connect using a valid user ID, but with an expired password. You can change your password by supplying the NewPassword connection parameter along with the current expired password.

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08WA1 Error 2829 -1153L "Password has expired but cannot be changed because the database is read-only" You attempted to connect to a read-only database using a valid user ID, but with an expired password. The password cannot be changed unless the database is started without the -r option on the database server command line. Removing -r will permit modifications to the database.

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08WA2 Error 2856 -1179L "Unable to start database server: missing license file" It was not possible to start the database server because the server license file was not found. The server license file has the same name as the server executable with the extension ".lic".

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08WA3 Error 2736 -1372L "The server is not able to establish TCP/IP connections." This database server is not able to establish TCP/IP connections. The personal server (dbeng) does not permit TCP/IP connections by default. This error may also occur if a network server (dbsrv) was started with the -xd command line option. The ability to establish TCP/IP connections is required to use diagnostic tracing and application profiling.

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08WA4 Error 3059 -1380L "Client redirected more than once" The connection was redirected by the primary server to another server, which also attempted to redirect the connection.

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08WA5 Error 2728 -1384L "Unable to stop specified database: %1" The database server was unable to stop the specified database.

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08WA6 Error 3195 -1551 "Login redirection is required to complete the connection, but it is not supported by the client" The connection needs to be redirected to another server, but the version of the client library does not support login redirection. You must upgrade the client library to use login redirection. Alternatively, you can connect to a different server or change the logical server configuration.

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08WA7 Error 3223 -1581L "Database name must be specified when connecting to a cloud database server" When connecting to a cloud database server, a database name must be specified by the connection string. Cloud database servers do not have a default database.

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Created November 10, 2011. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com