Description of the Project Server 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 17, 2004

This article describes the Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 issue that is fixed in the Microsoft Office Project Server 2003-post Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated November 17, 2004.

Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package

The following issue is fixed in this hotfix package.

• 884545  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884545/ ) The MSP_PDS_CacheFullName stored procedure times out after 30 seconds if you use the procedure to query a custom ASPX Web page or a SQL query in Microsoft Office Project Server 2003

Service pack information

This problem was first corrected in Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Project Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for installing this hotfix.

Restart information

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information

You must modify the connection to the Project Database Server to use the hotfix that this package contains. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

SQL stored procedure update that you must run to install all Project Server updates

To make sure that all the fixes that this update contains are applied correctly to Project Server, follow these steps:

1. Run the self-extracting hotfix package to extract the files in a temporary folder that you select.
2. For each SQL query file, such as Websps.sql, that is extracted to the temporary folder that you selected in step 1, use one of the following procedures:
   • If you are using Microsoft SQL Server as the database server for Project Server, follow these steps:
     1. On the main SQL server in your configuration, run SQL Query Analyzer.
     2. In the Database box, click the ProjectServer database.
     3. On the File menu, click Open, locate the SQL query file in the temporary folder that you selected in step 1, and then open the file.
     4. On the Query menu, click Execute.
     5. When the query has finished executing, quit SQL Query Analyzer.
   • If you are using SQL Server Desktop Engine (also known as MSDE 2000) as the database server for Project Server, follow these steps.
     1. On the main SQL server in your configuration, click Start, click Run, type osql -i tempdir\queryfile.sql -U sa in the Open box, and then click OK.
        
        For example, if you extracted the files in step 1 in the C:\Temp folder, and the name of the query file is Websps.sql, type osql -i c:\temp\websps.sql -U sa.
        
        This command connects you to the local default instance of MSDE 2000 by using the System Administrator (SA) account. You can also run the osql command with another user name that has SA permissions on the server.
     2. At the Password prompt, type the password for the account that you used in step A, and then press ENTER. This runs the SQL query file that you specified in step A.

Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that you must have to correct the issue that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. After you install the hotfix, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table:Note For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

For additional information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when correcting software after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: