HELP URGENT - Error 17832 after SQL 7 SP4 install and MS03-039 install

I have an application that was developed in an older version of VB (I think
4.0). The users are heavily dependent on this application (and of course,
no source code). Yesterday the users were able to connect to the SQL 7
database. Last night I ran the Service Pack 4 on the SQL 7 machine and
today the users are unable to connect. They just get an error message
(Invalid SQL Server Login). When I look in the error log on the server I
see Error: 17832, Severity: 18, State: 7 Connection opened but invalid
login packet(s) sent. Connection closed.
Also, the latest security patch from Microsoft (MS03-039) was installed on
the server that houses the database. It is running Windows 2000.
Thanks
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.Connie,
The only reference to 17832 that I could find was in this article:
INF: SQL Communication Errors 17832, 17824, 1608, 232, and 109 (KB Article
109787)
http://tinyurl.com/nfm8
17832 Unable to read login packet(s). [NT only]
This can happen if a client starts to connect, but never successfully
completes the attempt because of a client operating system or application
failure. It could also be caused by the network failing between the time a
connection attempt is initiated, and when it completes.
Of course, several changes were made, all at once, which is always risky.
(We always apply upgrades to a DEV or QA server before moving on to
production, if at all possible.)
This may be due to either SP4 or MS03-039. I see that MS03-039 patches RPC.
Although your application should (ideally) not need that facility I have no
way of knowing.
A more likely possibility: Did you us SP4 to update client software as
well? Some SPs have client and server components. Usually this is not a
problem, but sometimes it has caused grief.
Russell Fields
"Connie" <cfelt@.ga.wa.gov> wrote in message
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> I have an application that was developed in an older version of VB (I
think
> 4.0). The users are heavily dependent on this application (and of course,
> no source code). Yesterday the users were able to connect to the SQL 7
> database. Last night I ran the Service Pack 4 on the SQL 7 machine and
> today the users are unable to connect. They just get an error message
> (Invalid SQL Server Login). When I look in the error log on the server I
> see Error: 17832, Severity: 18, State: 7 Connection opened but invalid
> login packet(s) sent. Connection closed.
> Also, the latest security patch from Microsoft (MS03-039) was installed on
> the server that houses the database. It is running Windows 2000.
> Thanks
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>|||You might want to check if the authentication mode got changed. Some of the
SQL service packs try to force Windows authentication or give the sa a
password other than blank. Go to SQL Server properties in SQL enterprise
manager, and check the security tab. See if you are in mixed mode or not.
From a DOS prompt on the server, you might also want to try
osql -U<user> -P<password> -S<servername>
for a user who cannot log on. That might give you a better error message.
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"Connie" <cfelt@.ga.wa.gov> wrote in message
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> I have an application that was developed in an older version of VB (I
think
> 4.0). The users are heavily dependent on this application (and of course,
> no source code). Yesterday the users were able to connect to the SQL 7
> database. Last night I ran the Service Pack 4 on the SQL 7 machine and
> today the users are unable to connect. They just get an error message
> (Invalid SQL Server Login). When I look in the error log on the server I
> see Error: 17832, Severity: 18, State: 7 Connection opened but invalid
> login packet(s) sent. Connection closed.
> Also, the latest security patch from Microsoft (MS03-039) was installed on
> the server that houses the database. It is running Windows 2000.
> Thanks
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>|||how is this application connecting to the SQL Server, an ODBC like? is that
pointed ata Named Pipe connection, if it is try switching it to a TCP/IP
like,
if not Look at your SQL Client Network Utility, if the default is Named
Pipes or you have a Named Pipes Alias try switching it to TCP/IP.
MS0-039 is has a lot of cross over with MS03-026, both applied a lot of
security to connectivity through Named Pipes.
HtH