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txt file was included with the original release of SQL Server 2000; it is not relevant for this service pack. For information about SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3, see the sp3readme.htm file located in the same folder as this file. *************************************************************** Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Readme File July 31, 2000 *************************************************************** (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 2000. All rights reserved. This file contains information that supplements the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 documentation. *************************************************************** Contents *************************************************************** 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Installing SQL Server 2000 2.1 System Requirements 2.2 Do Not Install Analysis Services to a DBCS Folder 2.3 Installing Analysis Services Samples 2.4 Updating Statistics After Upgrading from SQL Server 7.0 2.5 Minimum SQL Server Installation Components 2.6 Requirements for Active Directory Integration 2.7 Silverston Samples Are Not Installed 2.8 Installation Help on Windows 95 2.9 Installing SQL Server 2000 with SQL Server Version 6.5 3.0 Documentation Notes 3.1 SQL Server Core Components Notes 3.1.1 Replication and Host Integration Server 3.1.2 Backup/Restore APIs for Independent Software Vendors 3.1.3 Executing DTS Custom Tasks Created in Visual Basic 3.1.4 Desktop Engine Setup Parameters 3.1.5 Adding Properties to DTS Custom Tasks 3.1.6 @@TRANCOUNT and COMMIT in Triggers 3.1.7 Behavior of Wildcard and Escape Characters 3.1.8 Changing the SQL Server Agent Service Account 3.1.9 Adding Pure Unicode Error Messages 3.1.10 DTS Using ActiveX Scripting After Uninstalling SQL Server 7.0 3.1.11 Removing Secondary Databases for Log Shipping 3.1.12 ODBC API: SQLGetConnectAttr 3.1.13 Connecting Early Version Clients to Named Instances 3.1.14 SQL Server Sometimes Cannot Open Static IP Port Addresses 3.1.15 SQLSetConnectAttr and the Connection Attribute SQL_COPT_SS_PRESERVE_CURSORS 3.1.16 SQLEndTran 3.1.17 Permissions for Active Directory Integration 3.1.18 srv_pfield (Extended Stored Procedures Programming) 3.1.19 Using the MSX Wizard with Windows Authentication 3.1.20 Updating a Table on a Linked Server 3.1.21 Effects of Locking Hints on READ_ONLY Cursors 3.1.22 Adding Dependencies to the SQL Server Resource

3.1.23 Upgrading from MSDE 1.0 to SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine 3.1.24 Microsoft Search Service 3.1.25 References to Windows 95 3.1.26 Full-Text Catalogs Inaccessible After Changing SQL Server Account 3.1.27 Recommendations for Designing Distributed Partitioned Views 3.2 SQL Server Books Online Functionality Notes 3.2.1 Link to MDAC and XML Documentation Does Not Work 3.2.2 Printing Limitations 3.3 English Query 3.3.1 SaveProjectToXMLDom Method 3.3.2 Automatic Clarification of Questions Feature 3.4 Analysis Services 3.4.1 Before Registering Analysis Services Performance Monitoring Counters on Windows NT 4.0 3.4.2 Distinct Count Aggregate Function 3.4.3 UPDATE CUBE Statement 3.4.4 Process Databases After Upgrading from Beta 2 *************************************************************** 1.0 Introduction *************************************************************** This file contains important information you should read before installing Microsoft SQL Server 2000. SQL Server 2000 builds on and extends the performance, reliability, quality, and ease of use of SQL Server version 7.0. It also includes a number of new features that further establish SQL Server as the best database platform for OLTP, data warehousing, and e-commerce applications. *************************************************************** 2.0 Installing SQL Server 2000 *************************************************************** Microsoft SQL Server 2000 documentation is available from these sources: * The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Introduction manual in the SQL Server 2000 box. * F1 Help available on the SQL Server Setup windows. You can also open the SQL Server Setup Help file from the autorun installation menu. * You can perform a custom setup and select only the Books Online component to install the SQL Server Books Online documentation on the hard drive of your computer. The complete SQL Server Books Online documentation for SQL Server 2000 cannot be opened from the SQL Server 2000 compact disc. SQL Server Books Online must be installed to your local hard drive before it can be opened. The installation documentation in the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Introduction manual does not include some items that arose after the manual was printed. These items are covered in both SQL Server Books Online and the SQL Server Setup Help file. Use the autorun setup program on the SQL Server 2000 compact disc to install the SQL Server 2000 components. The autorun setup program is executed automatically when you insert the

compact disc in the drive. You can also execute it by selecting the Autorun.exe program in the root folder of the SQL Server 2000 compact disc. Although there is a Setup.exe program in the SQLMSDE folder of the SQL Server 2000 compact disc, this program is intended to be used by applications that must install the SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine during their installation process. The Desktop Engine Setup is not intended for installing the SQL Server 2000 components from the compact disc. For more information about distributing SQL Server applications, see SQL Server Books Online. SQL Server Books Online is a collection of HTML Help documents and requires Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0. Internet Explorer 5.0 can be downloaded from http://microsoft.com/ie. For users of SQL Server version 7.0 who are installing SQL Server 2000 for the first time, these new features are chosen during setup: * You can install multiple instances of SQL Server on one computer. * Failover clustering has been integrated with SQL Server Setup. * A SQL Server collation must be specified instead of a code page and sort order. For more information about these features, see SQL Server Books Online. When upgrading SQL Server version 6.5 to an instance of SQL Server 2000 on the same computer, you must have first applied SQL Server version 6.5 Service Pack 5 (SP5) or later. When upgrading SQL Server version 6.5 to an instance of SQL Server 2000 on a different computer, you must have first applied SQL Server version 6.5 Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later. Service Pack 5a, which is the most current service pack for SQL Server version 6.5, is available at http://support.microsoft.com/support/sql. There are two ways to upgrade from an installation of SQL Server version 6.0 to an installation of SQL Server 2000: * You can upgrade the installation of SQL Server 6.0 to SQL Server 6.5, and then use the SQL Server 2000 Upgrade Wizard to upgrade the installation of SQL Server 6.5 to SQL Server 2000. * You can upgrade the installation of SQL Server 6.0 to SQL Server 7.0, and then use SQL Server 2000 Setup to upgrade the installation SQL Server 7.0 to SQL Server 2000. For more information, see "Upgrading an Existing Installation of SQL Server" in either SQL Server Books Online or the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Introduction manual. ----------------------2.1 System Requirements ----------------------Microsoft SQL Server 2000 operates on computers running Intel or compatible Pentium, Pentium Pro, or Pentium II processors.

The processor must be running at a minimum of 166 MHz. The editions and versions of SQL Server 2000 have these memory (RAM) requirements: Enterprise Edition Standard Edition Personal Edition Developer Edition Desktop Engine 64 MB of minimum, 128 MB recommended 64 MB of minimum 64 MB on Windows 2000, 32 MB on all other operating systems 64 MB of minimum 64 MB minimum on Windows 2000, 32 MB on all other operating systems

SQL Server 2000 has the following hard drive requirements, depending on the components and setup option selected: Database components Analysis Services English Query Desktop Engine only 95 50 80 44 to 270 MB, 250 MB typical MB minimum, 130 MB typical MB MB

SQL Server 2000 requires a monitor with VGA resolution; the SQL Server graphical tools require a monitor with 800x600 resolution or higher. SQL Server 2000 requires a CD-ROM drive, and a Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device. SQL Server 2000 requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or later and is supported on these operating systems: * * * * * Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 Service Pack 5 or later Windows Millennium Edition Windows 98 Windows 95 (client connectivity option only)

The latest service pack for Windows NT is available at http://support.microsoft.com/support/NTServer. Before installing SQL Server 2000 software on Windows 95, you must install a Winsock 2 Update for Windows 95. This update is supplied on the SQL Server 2000 compact disc and can be installed by selecting the SQL Server 2000 Prerequisites option from the autorun window displayed by the SQL Server 2000 compact disc. SQL Server 2000 is not supported on Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server. For more information about the operating-system requirements for the editions and components of SQL Server 2000, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2000 in either SQL Server Books Online or the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Introduction manual. ----------------------------------------------------2.2 Do Not Install Analysis Services to a DBCS Folder ----------------------------------------------------Analysis Services should not be installed to a folder that uses

characters from a double-byte character set (DBCS) in the path or name. Install Analysis Services to a folder that uses only single-byte characters in the path and name. ---------------------------------------2.3 Installing Analysis Services Samples ---------------------------------------To install the Analysis Services samples, you must install Analysis Services from the SQL Server compact disc. The samples are installed at x:\Program Files\Microsoft Analysis Services\Samples. ----------------------------------------------------------2.4 Updating Statistics After Upgrading from SQL Server 7.0 ----------------------------------------------------------After upgrading from SQL Server 7.0, run sp_updatestats 'resample' to update the statistics on the user tables in your databases. ---------------------------------------------2.5 Minimum SQL Server Installation Components ---------------------------------------------Full-Text Search is not included in a Minimum installation of SQL Server 2000. ------------------------------------------------2.6 Requirements for Active Directory Integration ------------------------------------------------To register an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 in Active Directory, the instance of SQL Server must be installed on a computer running Microsoft Windows 2000 with the Active Directory service enabled. The SQL Server service must also be configured to run under either the Windows LocalSystem account or a Windows domain account in the local administrators group. This requirement must be met to add databases and publications from the instance to Active Directory. Instances of SQL Server 2000 configured to run under a power user account do not have sufficient permissions to invoke all of the SQL Server components required to work with Active Directory. To register an Analysis server in Active Directory, MSSQLServerOLAPService must be installed on a computer running Windows 2000 with the Active Directory service enabled. MSSQLServerOLAPService must also be configured to run under either the Windows LocalSystem account or a Windows domain account in the local administrators group. ---------------------------------------2.7 Silverston Samples Are Not Installed ---------------------------------------Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition includes a license for four popular database schema samples. Instructions for installing these samples using the Setup program are provided in the topic "Database Schema Samples"; however, Setup does not install these samples. To install the database schema samples, double-click Unzip_silverstondb.exe located at \Devtools\Samples\Silverstondb on the SQL Server 2000 compact disc. -----------------------------------

2.8 Installation Help on Windows 95 ----------------------------------If you want to use Help during the installation of Client Connectivity on Microsoft Windows 95, you may need to upgrade to Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and HTML Help 1.3. You can update Internet Explorer and HTML Help by downloading the latest versions from http://www.microsoft.com. The HTML Help update file is named Hhupd.exe. ---------------------------------------------------------2.9 Installing SQL Server 2000 with SQL Server Version 6.5 ---------------------------------------------------------SQL Server Books Online contains contradictory statements about installing Microsoft SQL Server 2000 on a computer running SQL Server version 6.5. The resulting installation depends on whether you are installing a named instance or a default instance of SQL Server 2000: * If you install a default instance of SQL Server 2000 on a computer running an instance of SQL Server 6.5, the default instance of SQL Server 2000 becomes the accessible instance of SQL Server, and the SQL Server 2000 program group appears on the Start menu. The instance of SQL Server 6.5 is switched out, and the SQL Server 6.5 program group does not appear on the Start menu. You can run either the default instance of SQL Server 2000 or the instance of SQL Server 6.5, but not both at the same time. To switch between the two versions of SQL Server, use the Microsoft SQL Server-Verswitch entry on the Start menu. When you switch from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 6.5, the instance of SQL Server 2000 becomes inactive, and the SQL Server 6.5 program group replaces the SQL Server 2000 program group on the Start menu. When you switch from SQL Server 6.5 to SQL Server 2000, the process is reversed. * If you install one or more named instances of SQL Server 2000 on a computer running SQL Server 6.5 and there is no default instance of SQL Server 2000, the instance of SQL Server 6.5 remains active as the default instance. Both the SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 6.5 program groups appear on the Start menu. You should use the SQL Server 6.5 tools to manage the default instance of SQL Server 6.5, and the SQL Server 2000 tools to manage the named instances of SQL Server 2000. * If you install both named and default instances of SQL Server 2000 on a computer running SQL Server 6.5, you can run the named instances of SQL Server 2000 at any time, but must version-switch between the default instance of SQL Server 2000 and the default instance of SQL Server 6.5. The SQL Server 2000 program group always appears on the Start menu. The SQL Server 6.5 program group appears on the Start menu whenever you have version switched to make SQL Server 6.5 the active default instance. The SQL Server 6.5 program group does not appear when you have version switched to make SQL Server 2000 the active default instance. *************************************************************** 3.0 Documentation Notes ***************************************************************

These are issues that arose after the SQL Server Books Online documentation was completed. ----------------------------------3.1 SQL Server Core Component Notes ----------------------------------These notes relate to the SQL Server core components, including the database engine, client components, connectivity components, graphical tools, and command prompt utilities. 3.1.1 Replication and Host Integration Server The topic "Programming Replication from Heterogeneous Data Sources" indicates that Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 provides a replication Log Reader Agent for use with Microsoft SQL Server 2000; however, Host Integration Server 2000 does not provide a Log Reader Agent for use with SQL Server 2000. 3.1.2 Backup/Restore APIs for Independent Software Vendors Microsoft SQL Server 2000 is supported by a large number of third-party backup solutions. SQL Server provides application programming interfaces that enable independent software vendors to integrate SQL Server into their products. These APIs provide maximum reliability and performance, and support the full range of SQL Server backup and restore functionality, including hot and snapshot capabilities. For information about how your backup solution integrates with SQL Server, contact your backup solution vendor. For information about the Backup/Restore APIs, install the "Backup/Restore API" subcomponent of the "Development Tools" component of SQL Server. To complete the installation of the samples and the documentation, run Unzip_backup.exe, located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Devtools\Samples\ Backup. The documentation is provided in Vbackup.chm. 3.1.3 Executing DTS Custom Tasks Created in Visual Basic To implement a Data Transformation Services (DTS) custom task in Microsoft Visual Basic, you must execute the custom task on the main thread. If the custom task is included in an Execute Package task, the Execute Package task will also need to run on the main thread. Similarly, if the custom task is manipulated (for example, has one of its property values assigned) by a Dynamic Properties task, the Dynamic Properties task will need to execute on the main thread. 3.1.4 Desktop Engine Setup Parameters SQL Server Books Online topics "Merging the Desktop Engine into Windows Installer" and "SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine Setup" document two parameters that are ignored by the final version of the Desktop Engine Setup: USEDEFAULTSAPWD and SAPASSWORD. By default, when run on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 operating system, the Desktop Engine Setup configures the installed instance of Microsoft SQL Server to use Windows Authentication, and places the Windows local administrator's group in the SQL Server sysadmin fixed server role. When running Desktop Engine Setup on the Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 operating

system, you can specify a SECURITYMODE=SQL parameter to have the installed instance configured to use SQL Server Authentication with a null sa password. When run on the Windows 98 operating system, the Desktop Engine Setup always configures the installed instance to use SQL Server Authentication, regardless of whether or not SECURITYMODE=SQL is specified. A set of Desktop Engine merge modules that have been merged into a Windows Installer setup has the same behavior. On the Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating systems, the instance of SQL Server is configured to use Windows Authentication if SECURITYMODE=SQL is not specified, and is configured to use SQL Server Authentication if SECURITYMODE=SQL is specified. The instance is always configured to use SQL Server Authentication on the Windows 98 operating system. You can specify SECURITYMODE=SQL in the same locations where you can use USEDEFAULTSAPWD or SAPASSWORD. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics "Merging the Desktop Engine into Windows Installer" and "SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine Setup." 3.1.5 Adding Properties to DTS Custom Tasks Because of the process Microsoft SQL Server 2000 uses to manage DTS custom tasks, you must include both a Get and Let (or Set) property procedure for all properties. Each property associated with a custom task should consist of a pair of property procedures: a property Get to retrieve the property value, and a property Let (or Set) to assign a new value. 3.1.6 @@TRANCOUNT and COMMIT in Triggers Microsoft SQL Server 2000 increments the transaction count within a statement only when the transaction count is 0 at the start of the statement. In SQL Server version 7.0, the transaction count is always incremented, regardless of the transaction count at the start of the statement. This can cause the value returned by @@TRANCOUNT in triggers to be lower in SQL Server 2000 than it is in SQL Server version 7.0. In SQL Server 2000, if a COMMIT TRANSACTION or COMMIT WORK statement is executed in a trigger, and there is no corresponding explicit or implicit BEGIN TRANSACTION statement at the start of the trigger, users may see different behavior than on SQL Server version 7.0. Placing COMMIT TRANSACTION or COMMIT WORK statements in a trigger is not recommended. 3.1.7 Behavior of Wildcard and Escape Characters Wildcard characters and escape characters have these additional behaviors in the LIKE operator in Microsoft SQL Server 2000: * Within the '[]' characters that delimit a single character range, the wildcard characters '%', '_', and '[' do not operate as wildcards. * Within the '[]' characters that delimit a single character range, escape characters can be used, and the characters '^', '-', and ']' can be escaped.

* If there is no character after an escape character in the LIKE pattern, the pattern is invalid and LIKE returns FALSE. * If the character after an escape character is not a wildcard, the escape character is discarded and the character following the escape is treated as regular character in the pattern. This includes the wildcard characters '%', '_', and '[' when they are enclosed in the '[]' characters that delimit a single character range. 3.1.8 Changing the SQL Server Agent Service Account If you are running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000, and you select to change the SQL Server Agent service account for Microsoft SQL Server to a non-administrator account, you must add the non-Administrator account to the sysadmin server role in SQL Server. If you do not add the account, the SQL Server Agent service account will not be able to log in to SQL Server. The SQL Server Agent service must be running under a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 administrator account to use non-integrated security to connect to SQL Server. SQL Server must be running under a Windows NT or Windows 2000 administrator account to set the SQL Server Agent connection option to non-integrated security. If you change the SQL Server service account to a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 non-administrator account, and you are switching between SQL Server 6.5 and SQL Server 2000, it is possible for you to lose access to the SQL Server 6.5 service account. For example, if you change the SQL Server 2000 service account to a non-administrator account on Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, and then switch to SQL Server 6.5, you will not have access to the computer running SQL Server 6.5. You must use Control Panel to change the SQL Server service account back to a Windows NT or Windows 2000 administrator account. If you have a default instance of SQL Server 7.0 and a named instance of SQL Server 2000 on the same computer, and you manage the default instance of SQL Server 7.0 using SQL Server Enterprise Manager in SQL Server 7.0, you may be unable to switch the service account on the named instance of SQL Server 2000. For example, if both instances are running using the same non-administrator account for the SQL Server service, and you change the instance of SQL Server 7.0 to a different account, you may not be able to change the service account on the instance of SQL Server 2000. The ability to impersonate an administrator has been lost on this account because the instance of SQL Server 7.0 and the instance of SQL Server 2000 both have the same non-administrator account. To correct this, use Control Panel on the instance of SQL Server 2000 to change the SQL Server service account to a Windows NT or Windows 2000 administrator account. After restarting the service, you can change the service account to any other account on the computer running SQL Server 2000. 3.1.9 Adding Pure Unicode Error Messages The Manage SQL Server Messages dialog box does not support

adding pure Unicode messages to the sysmessages table. To add such messages, use the sp_addmessage stored procedure. Be sure to use the N prefix on the 'msg' parameter (for example, @msgtext = N'xxx'). 3.1.10 DTS Using ActiveX Scripting After Uninstalling SQL Server 7.0 To use Microsoft ActiveX scripting in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 after uninstalling SQL Server 7.0, you must re-register the ActiveX scripting library (Axscphst.dll). Use the Regsvr32.exe registration utility and execute the following command (substituting your own drive letter) from MS-DOS or the Windows Run command: regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\ axscphst.dll If the registration is successful, a message box appears indicating that Axscphst.dll is registered properly. 3.1.11 Removing Secondary Databases for Log Shipping If all secondary databases configured for log shipping have been removed from the secondaries themselves, the database maintenance plan for log shipping can no longer be used to add the secondary databases back to the plan. The database maintenance plan for log shipping must be removed and configured again for log shipping to work on the secondary databases. 3.1.12 ODBC API: SQLGetConnectAttr The behavior of SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_DEAD and SQL_COPT_SS_CONNECTION_DEAD in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 is different from the behavior in earlier versions of SQL Server. In SQL Server 2000, SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_DEAD returns the most recent state of the connection, which may not be the current connection state. However, SQL_COPT_SS_CONNECTION_DEAD will always query the Net-Library for the current state of the connection. To differentiate between these behaviors, SQL_COPT_SS_CONNECTION_DEAD is given a new value in the SQL Server 2000 include files. Applications using this attribute that are built using the SQL Server 2000 headers will return an error (HY092, Invalid attribute/option identifier) if the applications are run using a SQL Server 7.0 driver. It is recommended that the application check the version of driver being used before calling SQLGetConnectAttr, and then use SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_DEAD in place of SQL_COPT_SS_CONNECTION_DEAD if the application is running on a SQL Server 7.0 driver. 3.1.13 Connecting Early Version Clients to Named Instances The SQL Server Books Online topic "Working with Named and Multiple Instances of SQL Server 2000" states that you must use SQL Server 2000 client components to connect to named instances of SQL Server 2000. However, the SQL Server version 7.0 Client Network Utility can be used to configure a server alias name that the SQL Server version 7.0 client components can use to connect to a named instance of SQL Server 2000. This is

documented in the SQL Server Books Online topics "SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server version 7.0" and "Communicating with Multiple Instances." 3.1.14 SQL Server Sometimes Cannot Open Static IP Port Addresses When an instance of Microsoft SQL Server is configured to listen on a static IP port (such as a default instance that takes the default of listening on port 1433), the SQL Server service cannot open the port if another application or component is using the port when the SQL Server service initializes. The TCP/IP server Net-Library will not initialize, and the instance of SQL Server cannot accept TCP/IP connections until the service is stopped and restarted. This problem should not occur if the instance of SQL Server is configured to use a dynamic port address by specifying a port address of 0 using the Server Network Utility. If you cannot use dynamic port addresses (for example, when SQL Server connections must pass through a firewall server configured to pass through specific port addresses, or when some connections are made using the client components from SQL Server version 7.0 or earlier), then using a port address less than 1024 is recommended. Choose a port in this range that is not used by the operating system or another application. 3.1.15 SQLSetConnectAttr and the Connection Attribute SQL_COPT_SS_PRESERVE_CURSORS SQL_COPT_SS_PRESERVE_CURSORS defines the behavior of cursors when manual-commit mode is used. The behavior is exposed as transactions are either committed or rolled back using SQLEndTran. SQL_PC_OFF: Default. Cursors are closed when transaction is committed or rolled back using SQLEndTran. SQL_PC_ON: Cursors are not closed when transaction is committed or rolled back using SQLEndTran, except when using a static or keyset cursor in asynchronous mode, if a rollback is issued while the population of the cursor is not complete, the cursor is closed. 3.1.16 SQLEndTran When SQLEndTran commits or rolls back an operation, the behavior of the statement's associated cursor is determined by the value of the driver-specific ODBC connection attribute SQL_COPT_SS_PRESERVE_CURSORS, set by SQLSetConnectAttr. 3.1.17 Permissions for Active Directory Integration In Microsoft SQL Server 2000, only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can register databases or publications in Active Directory; members of the dbowner fixed database role cannot. 3.1.18 srv_pfield (Extended Stored Procedures Programming) The SRV_PWD field is no longer supported. Do not write extended stored procedures that use this field. 3.1.19 Using the MSX Wizard with Windows Authentication

If you are using the Make Master Server Wizard (MSX) on a computer configured with Windows Authentication, you must restart the computer. This is because the wizard requires Mixed Mode Authentication (Windows Authentication and SQL Server Authentication). The wizard will change the authentication mode for you, but you must then restart Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server Agent on the master server. 3.1.20 Updating a Table on a Linked Server You cannot update a table on a linked server through a view. This is true for any linked server, regardless of the provider. 3.1.21 Effects of Locking Hints on READ_ONLY Cursors The UPDLOCK and TABLOCKX locking hints no longer raise errors on READ_ONLY cursors. Instead, the effects are identical to the effects on OPTIMISTIC cursors. UPDLOCK causes the cursor to acquire update scroll locks, and TABLOCKX is ignored for the purposes of scroll locks. 3.1.22 Adding Dependencies to the SQL Server Resource If you install SQL Server 2000 into a Windows 2000 or Windows NT cluster group with multiple disk drives and choose to place your data on one of the drives, the SQL Server resource is set to be dependent only on that drive. To put data or logs on another disk, you must first add a dependency to the SQL Server resource for the additional disk. To add a new disk (for example, disk K) to the SQL Server dependencies: 1. Open Cluster Administrator in Administrative Tools. 2. Locate the group that contains the applicable SQL Server resource. 3. If the resource for disk K is already in this group, go to Step 4. Otherwise, locate the group that contains disk K. If that group and the group that contains SQL Server are not owned by the same node, move the group containing the resource for disk K to the node that owns the SQL Server group. 4. Select the SQL Server resource, open the Properties dialog box, and use the Dependencies tab to add disk K to the set of SQL Server dependencies. 3.1.23 Upgrading from MSDE 1.0 to SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine To upgrade from MSDE 1.0 to SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine: * If you are using Setup.exe, you must specify UPGRADE=1 as a command prompt switch. For more information about the Setup.exe command prompt switches, see "SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine Setup" in SQL Server Books Online. Or

If you are using the Desktop Engine merge files in a Windows Installer setup, you must specify UPGRADE=1 with the other Desktop Engine entries in the [Options] section of your Windows Installer .ini file. For more information about the Desktop Engine Windows Installer entries, see "Merging the Desktop Engine into Windows Installer" in SQL Server Books Online. * You must provide a custom installation package file built using SampleUpg.msi. For more information about SampleUpg.msi, see "Managing Desktop Engine Installation Package Files" in SQL Server Books Online. 3.1.24 Microsoft Search Service A note in the Creating and Maintaining Databases topic, Full-Text Indexes, contains incorrect information about Microsoft Search service. Here is the correct information: The Microsoft Search service is supported on Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000, but not on Windows 98. The Microsoft Search service can be installed with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition. 3.1.25 References to Windows 95 A few SQL Server Books Online topics incorrectly refer to these configurations: * Running instances of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 on computers running Microsoft Windows 95. * Running the SQL Server 2000 tools and utilities on computers running Windows 95. The Books Online topic "SQL Server 2000 on Windows 98" correctly states that the SQL Server utilities and tools are not supported on Windows 95. Likewise, the topic "Server Components" correctly states that the SQL Server 2000 database engine and other server components are not supported on Windows 95. You can install the client-connectivity components on Windows 95, which allow applications to access instances of SQL Server 2000 on other computers. 3.1.26 Full-Text Catalogs Inaccessible After Changing SQL Server Account Changing Microsoft SQL Server to run under a non-administrator account causes existing full-text catalogs to be inaccessible. Either rebuild and perform a full population of all catalogs belonging to this instance of SQL Server, or switch back to an account with administrator permissions. 3.1.27 Recommendations for Designing Distributed Partitioned Views In designing a partitioning scheme, it must be clear what data belongs to each partition. The partitioning column cannot be an

identity, default, or timestamp column. There are no restrictions on the updatability of the partitioning column. ----------------------------------------------3.2 SQL Server Books Online Functionality Notes ----------------------------------------------These are issues that relate to the functionality of SQL Server Books Online. 3.2.1 Link to MDAC and XML Documentation Does Not Work When SQL Server Books Online is opened using F1 or the Help menu in an MMC snap-in (such as SQL Server Enterprise Manager), the link to the MDAC and XML documentation does not work. To view the MDAC and XML documentation, open Mdacxml.chm located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Sql Server\80\Tools\Books. NOTE: The link works correctly when SQL Server Books Online is started directly from the SQL Server Program Group on the Start menu, or from running Sql80.col. 3.2.2 Printing Limitations If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5, printing with the "Print the selected headings and all subtopics" option is not recommended. If you are using Internet Explorer 5.0 or Internet Explorer 5.5, linked topics may not always print when the "Print all linked documents" option is selected in the Print dialog box. ----------------3.3 English Query ----------------These are issues in English Query that are not reflected in the documentation. 3.3.1 SaveProjectToXMLDom Method The syntax for this method should be: Set variable = EQModel.SaveProjectToXMLDOM where variable is a returned XMLDOMDocument object to which the project is saved. 3.3.2 Automatic Clarification of Questions Feature The InputList object has the following additional properties to support the Automatic Clarification of Questions feature. The properties are read-only, optional, and of the variant data type: * LookupQueries Returns an array of QueryCmd objects of the size specified in ItemCount, or is NULL. Each LookupQuery corresponds to an item in the Items array. If the query returns no rows, the corresponding item may not be the correct default choice for the InputList object. For example, for the question "How many awards did John Fortune win?", an English Query application might not have "John Fortune" in its dictionary; therefore, a

UserClarification Response is returned containing an InputList with the text, "Which of these do you mean by John Fortune?" The choices are: the name of an actor, which selects actors named John Fortune, or the name of a movie, which selects movies named John Fortune. A LookupQuery is associated with each choice. If only one of these queries returns rows, the client application can use the corresponding item as the user selection for the InputList, and can respond to the UserClarificationResponse without user intervention. NOTE: LookupQueries cannot be generated for some InputList objects. For these objects, each LookupQuery in the array is NULL. * EntityIDs Property Returns an array of EntityIDs of the size specified in ItemCount. Each EntityID corresponds to an item in the Items array. If the choice in the Items array is an entity (for example, the name of an actor), the EntityID contains the ID of that entity (for example, author_name). If the choice in the Items array is not an entity (for example, First Name), the EntityID is empty. The InputText object has an additional property to support the Automatic Clarification of Questions feature: * LookupQueries is a read-only, optional property of the variant data type and can be NULL. LookupQueries is a collection of QueryCmds objects that are used to determine a default value for the InputText object. For example, for the question "List the old people", the English Query application might not have a threshold specified for "old". A UserClarificationResponse is returned containing an InputText with the text, "An old person is a person whose age is over ___." The LookupQuery selects the median age. The client application can choose to use the returned value as the response to the InputText and can respond to the UserClarificationResponse without user intervention. NOTE: LookupQueries cannot be generated for some InputText objects. For these objects, the LookupQuery collection is empty. --------------------3.4 Analysis Services --------------------These are issues in Analysis Services that are not reflected in the documentation. 3.4.1 Before Registering Analysis Services Performance Monitoring Counters on Windows NT 4.0 Analysis Services performance monitoring counters are installed to your hard disk during setup, but on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 they are not registered automatically because of a problem with some versions of Windows NT 4.0. Before using the manual instructions documented in the SQL Server Books Online topic, "Monitoring Analysis Services Performance" to register the counters on Windows NT 4.0, review Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q242472 for more information. You may need to move the file Msmdctr80.dll to a different folder to meet the

requirements listed in the article. On Microsoft Windows 2000, the performance counters are installed and registered automatically during setup. 3.4.2 Distinct Count Aggregate Function The Analysis Services topic "Specifications and Limits" incorrectly identifies the restrictions on the Distinct Count aggregate function. The Distinct Count aggregate function requires the measure to be numeric. In the Analysis Services topic "Indexed Views for ROLAP Partitions," the first bullet item should read: "The partition cannot contain measures that use the aggregate functions Min, Max, or Distinct Count." 3.4.3 UPDATE CUBE Statement In the Analysis Services topic "UPDATE CUBE Statement," the BNF for the statement incorrectly indicates that multiple cells can be updated in a single statement. Only a single cell can be updated in each UPDATE CUBE statement. 3.4.4 Process Databases After Upgrading from Beta 2 If you upgrade from the Beta 2 release of Analysis Services, process all upgraded databases to ensure correct data conversion.