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Q201999: SMS: ANSI SQL-92 Keywords Used as SMS Database Column Names

Article: Q201999
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:1.2,2.0,6.0,6.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDatabase smsdatabase
Last Modified: 31-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.2, 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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In Systems Management Server, some ANSI SQL-92 keywords are also column names in
the SMS database. This was first discovered when using SQL Server version 6.0 as
the database for Systems Management Server 1.2.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
version 1.2 and 2.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following are some of the ANSI keywords that are also column names in the
SMS database:

  ACTION
  EXPIREDATE
  SIZE
  DATE
  TIME
  TIMESTAMP
  VALUE

The Chkup65.exe utility still reports reserved words for column names; among them
are DOMAIN, ACTION, TIME, and SIZE. However, none of these are on the Microsoft
SQL Server 7.0 current list of reserved words, and there is no corresponding
upgrade-checking program for SQL Server 7.0 that reports any others. Upgrade and
installation has not reported any keyword conflicts with Systems Management
Server 2.0 running on SQL Server 7.0.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbDatabase smsdatabase 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120 kbSMS200
Version           : winnt:1.2,2.0,6.0,6.5
Issue type        : kbbug

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