PRB: SQL Server Error 1608 in Errorlog

ID: Q66936

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server for OS/2, version 4.2
Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2x

SYMPTOMS

The following error occurred when the net cable was unplugged from a SQL Server client end while a SELECT query was being executed on a client machine:

Nov 8 1990 1:49PM kernel: Cannot read, host process disconnected:
PC Client 36 spid: 1
Nov 8 1990 1:49PM kernel: Cannot read, host process disconnected:
PC Client 36 spid: 1
Nov 8 1990 1:49PM server: Error: 1608, Severity: 21, State: 2
Nov 8 1990 1:49PM server: Hard error encountered flushing network
send buffer

CAUSE

In general, this error message is caused by the front end dying or otherwise going away without a clean close of its connection. In many cases, it is indicative of a network problem of some sort (such as the above instance, when the net cable is unplugged.)

Additional query words: Windows NT


Keywords          : kbother SSrvGen SSrvWinNT 
Version           : OS/2:4.2; winnt:4.2x
Platform          : OS/2 winnt 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: March 10, 1999