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by **Christopher Mett** » Mon, 28 Dec 1998 04:00:00

I am trying to add Service Pack 5 on a new install of SQLserver 6.5 (no
prior service packs). I keep getting the error that "cfgchar.exe could not
be initiated, check the .out file" and the setup fails.

chkmast.out is the only .out file created, and it reads....

Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Starting chkmast.exe.
Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: DB-Library version 6.50.409
Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Attempting to connect to the server 'JOJO'.
Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Successfully connected to the server.
Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Checking how much free space is left in the
database 'master'.
Sat Dec 26 23:57:39 1998: There is approximately 14 MB of free space in the
database 'master'.
Sat Dec 26 23:57:39 1998: Ending chkmast.exe.
Sat Dec 26 23:57:39 1998: Return Value: 0

which looks fine to me.

any ideas?
Thanks,
Christopher Metts

by **Christopher Mett** » Mon, 28 Dec 1998 04:00:00

I forgot to mention...

I saw the reference to this error in the Readme.txt file, but my PATH does
not contain (never did) quotation marks.

Christopher Metts

>I am trying to add Service Pack 5 on a new install of SQLserver 6.5 (no
>prior service packs). I keep getting the error that "cfgchar.exe could not
>be initiated, check the .out file" and the setup fails.

>chkmast.out is the only .out file created, and it reads....

>Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Starting chkmast.exe.
>Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: DB-Library version 6.50.409
>Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Attempting to connect to the server 'JOJO'.
>Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Successfully connected to the server.
>Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Checking how much free space is left in the
>database 'master'.
>Sat Dec 26 23:57:39 1998: There is approximately 14 MB of free space in
the
>database 'master'.
>Sat Dec 26 23:57:39 1998: Ending chkmast.exe.
>Sat Dec 26 23:57:39 1998: Return Value: 0

>which looks fine to me.

>any ideas?
>Thanks,
>Christopher Metts

by **Greg Druia** » Tue, 29 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Does your Master database have > 3MB of free space available?

> I forgot to mention...

> I saw the reference to this error in the Readme.txt file, but my PATH does
> not contain (never did) quotation marks.

> Christopher Metts

> >I am trying to add Service Pack 5 on a new install of SQLserver 6.5 (no
> >prior service packs). I keep getting the error that "cfgchar.exe could not
> >be initiated, check the .out file" and the setup fails.

> >chkmast.out is the only .out file created, and it reads....

> >Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Starting chkmast.exe.
> >Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: DB-Library version 6.50.409
> >Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Attempting to connect to the server 'JOJO'.
> >Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Successfully connected to the server.
> >Sat Dec 26 23:57:38 1998: Checking how much free space is left in the
> >database 'master'.
> >Sat Dec 26 23:57:39 1998: There is approximately 14 MB of free space in
> the
> >database 'master'.
> >Sat Dec 26 23:57:39 1998: Ending chkmast.exe.
> >Sat Dec 26 23:57:39 1998: Return Value: 0

> >which looks fine to me.

> >any ideas?
> >Thanks,
> >Christopher Metts

by **Scott Hembroug** » Tue, 29 Dec 1998 04:00:00

>Does your Master database have > 3MB of free space available?

According to the text in Greg's chkmast.out file (which he provided in his
previous post), he has 14MB of free space in his master database. I am
encountering the same problem as well, and have yet to figure out a
solution... :(

--
Scott Hembrough
Systems Analyst, Illinois State Board of Education

by **Scott Hembroug** » Tue, 29 Dec 1998 04:00:00

>According to the text in Greg's chkmast.out file (which he provided in his
>previous post), he has 14MB of free space in his master database. I am
>encountering the same problem as well, and have yet to figure out a
>solution... :(

Whoops, I meant the text in Chris's chkmast.out file. Sorry for any
confusion.

--
Scott Hembrough
Systems Analyst, Illinois State Board of Education

Note: Remove the ns. from my e-mail address to respond.

by **Terry Harri** » Wed, 30 Dec 1998 04:00:00

From looking at the setup.inf file, cfgchar.exe seems to have something to
do with checking and seting the character set.

I did not see the same problem. I use the 850 character set with a binary
sort order (the old 4.2 defaults).

>>Does your Master database have > 3MB of free space available?

>According to the text in Greg's chkmast.out file (which he provided in his
>previous post), he has 14MB of free space in his master database. I am
>encountering the same problem as well, and have yet to figure out a
>solution... :(

>--
>Scott Hembrough
>Systems Analyst, Illinois State Board of Education

by **Christopher Mett** » Wed, 30 Dec 1998 04:00:00

I uninstalled SQLserver and reinstalled with the character set and sort
order you mentioned. I was able to get the first service pack (1.5?)
installed this time for the first time, but I am still unable to get Service
Pack 5 installed. I get the same error. Also, after transferring the old
data from the SQL server at my old ISP, none of my queries work in my web
applications.

Still trying! This is the worst!

Christopher Metts

>From looking at the setup.inf file, cfgchar.exe seems to have something to
>do with checking and seting the character set.

>I did not see the same problem. I use the 850 character set with a binary
>sort order (the old 4.2 defaults).

>>>Does your Master database have > 3MB of free space available?

>>According to the text in Greg's chkmast.out file (which he provided in his
>>previous post), he has 14MB of free space in his master database. I am
>>encountering the same problem as well, and have yet to figure out a
>>solution... :(

>>--
>>Scott Hembrough
>>Systems Analyst, Illinois State Board of Education

by **Terry Harri** » Thu, 31 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Binary is a case sensitive sort order. If your original sort order was
dictionary or case insensitive some of your queries may not work.

Do you have anything else besides SQL Server on the machine?

Quote:>I uninstalled SQLserver and reinstalled with the character set and sort
>order you mentioned. I was able to get the first service pack (1.5?)
>installed this time for the first time, but I am still unable to get
Service
>Pack 5 installed. I get the same error. Also, after transferring the old
>data from the SQL server at my old ISP, none of my queries work in my web
>applications.

>Still trying! This is the worst!

>Christopher Metts

by **Terry Harri** » Thu, 31 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Another question. Are you running the service pack setup from an account
that is in the local systems Administrators group?

Also check the access permissions on the HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\MSSQL sub
tree. The local Administrators group needs full access on this area.

Quote:>I uninstalled SQLserver and reinstalled with the character set and sort
>order you mentioned. I was able to get the first service pack (1.5?)
>installed this time for the first time, but I am still unable to get
Service
>Pack 5 installed. I get the same error. Also, after transferring the old
>data from the SQL server at my old ISP, none of my queries work in my web
>applications.

>Still trying! This is the worst!

>Christopher Metts

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