"Invalid command option D."

When trying to start SQL 2000 from dos prompt.
I changed the start up locations -D -L -E for my server from EM
server properties, Moved the Data and log files (MDF and LDFs), then tried
to
restart the server and it failed. I duplicated all files to their original
locations,
and again tried to restart from command-line with -d -l but nothing works...
When I changed the Server Properties I used capital D, and when I try to
start
SQL from DOS I get "Invalid command option D."
Please help me !! what Have I done to myself
Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this server backup'
Thanks!!WANNABE wrote:
> When trying to start SQL 2000 from dos prompt.
> I changed the start up locations -D -L -E for my server from EM
> server properties, Moved the Data and log files (MDF and LDFs), then tried
> to
> restart the server and it failed. I duplicated all files to their origina
l
> locations,
> and again tried to restart from command-line with -d -l but nothing works.
.
> When I changed the Server Properties I used capital D, and when I try to
> start
> SQL from DOS I get "Invalid command option D."
> Please help me !! what Have I done to myself
> Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this server backup'
> Thanks!!
>
What is the EXACT command, including switches, that you are running from
the DOS prompt?
Tracy McKibben
MCDBA
http://www.realsqlguy.com|||You need to put back the model database to where it used to be. The referenc
e to the model database
is *inside* master.mdf. SQL Server cannot start without model since it canno
t create tempdb, and SQL
Server cannot live without tempdb. You probably want to do the same for msdb
, and other user
database, but those will not prohibit SQL Server from starting. You really s
hould read KB 224071
first... :-)
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
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> When trying to start SQL 2000 from dos prompt.
> I changed the start up locations -D -L -E for my server from EM
> server properties, Moved the Data and log files (MDF and LDFs), then tried
to
> restart the server and it failed. I duplicated all files to their origina
l locations,
> and again tried to restart from command-line with -d -l but nothing works.
.
> When I changed the Server Properties I used capital D, and when I try to s
tart
> SQL from DOS I get "Invalid command option D."
> Please help me !! what Have I done to myself
> Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this server backup'
> Thanks!!
>|||Thanks, but I do have all dbs in both places, and it still wont start. I
try "sqlservr" and it returns the "Invalid command option D."
error
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
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> You need to put back the model database to where it used to be. The
> reference to the model database is *inside* master.mdf. SQL Server cannot
> start without model since it cannot create tempdb, and SQL Server cannot
> live without tempdb. You probably want to do the same for msdb, and other
> user database, but those will not prohibit SQL Server from starting. You
> really should read KB 224071 first... :-)
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
> news:O%23ITWuKvGHA.4460@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>|||Can you post what you try to execute in the command prompt? Also, the switch
es to SQL Server
programs are case sensitive.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
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> Thanks, but I do have all dbs in both places, and it still wont start. I
try "sqlservr" and it
> returns the "Invalid command option D."
> error
> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote i
n message
> news:%23FpPvYLvGHA.428@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>|||I will be gone until next Tuesday.. I'll repost this if I still need help..
All I enter from the command line prompt is
sqlservr
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
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> Can you post what you try to execute in the command prompt? Also, the
> switches to SQL Server programs are case sensitive.
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
> news:e%23rPBuLvGHA.4460@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>|||If you only run sqlservr from command line, then the parameters are picked u
p from the registry. I
suggest you edit the registry to put in the right case, d instead of D.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
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>I will be gone until next Tuesday.. I'll repost this if I still need help.
.
> All I enter from the command line prompt is
> sqlservr
> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote i
n message
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>