Help!! SQL Server 2000 extended stored procedure hangs in Windows 98

[sylmart7]

I am trying to run xp_cmdshell from the Query Analyzer using SQL
Server 2000 running on Windows 98.

It seems like it should be simple - I'm typing

xp_cmdshell 'dir *.exe'

in the Query Analyzer in the Master db. I'm logged in as sa.

The timer starts running and never stops. No error message.

Can anyone PLEASE help me with this? Any suggestions would be
appreciated. Are SQL Server 2000 extended stored procedures not
supported in Windows 98? I've tried searching the Knowledge Base but
can't find anything.

Thanks!

[Erland Sommarskog]

sylmart7 (sy******@aol.com) writes:

I am trying to run xp_cmdshell from the Query Analyzer using SQL
Server 2000 running on Windows 98.

It seems like it should be simple - I'm typing

xp_cmdshell 'dir *.exe'

in the Query Analyzer in the Master db. I'm logged in as sa.

The timer starts running and never stops. No error message.

Can anyone PLEASE help me with this? Any suggestions would be
appreciated. Are SQL Server 2000 extended stored procedures not
supported in Windows 98? I've tried searching the Knowledge Base but
can't find anything.

As I have no experience at all of Windows 98, I cannot really help. What
I can say, though, after having read the topic on xp_cmdshell in Books
Online is: yes, xp_cmdshell is supported on Win98. The article mentions
several restrictions with regards to security context and return value
on Win 98, so obviously you should be able to use it.
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, so****@algonet.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinf...2000/books.asp