Troubleshooting
Problem
This technote explains why you can get an error when you are trying to create a new production database in Microsoft® SQL Server while using IBM® Rational® ClearQuest®.
Cause
You have moved the schema repository from Microsoft® Access to SQL Server (or Oracle or DB2®), and you are able to connect successfully to the new schema repository database. However, when trying to create a new production (user) database, you receive the following error:
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'function'.
NOTE: The SQL statement might be over eight lines in length listing every field in the schema.
The logfile C:\DOCUME~1\RTNL_A~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\copy_twjcq_init.log could be useful in resolving this problem.
One of the fields in the schema repository is applying a word that is reserved in SQL Server. Typically, if the word is reserved in SQL Server, the same will apply in other high-end database systems like Oracle and DB2. In Access, the word is not reserved and never produced any problems. The error above identifies one of the fields is called "function," a reserved word in SQL Server.
Resolving The Problem
Follow these directions to configure the SQL Server:
- Back up all databases.
- Rename the offending field. This must be done by opening the schema repository database and renaming the field in the "m_fielddef" table as it appears in the "name" and "db_name" columns.
- Checkin schema.
- Close out of the back-end schema repository database, open ClearQuest Designer, and create a new user database.
Note: See technote 1125945 for an error that can occur when trying to move an old user or test database from Access over to the new schema repository database in a high-end database system that has the reserved word fixed.
Related Information
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Modified date:
16 June 2018
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