Installing SQL 2000 Results in 703 Error – Internal Read Error… LOCAL.INS
If you got this error, you probably got a ‘space’ somewhere in your TMP and TEMP system variable. To check:
- Kick up a command prompt
- run ‘set’
- Look for the TMP and TEMP variables and see if these paths have a space in them (e.g. c:\documents and settings\chewyc\temp)
To fix this, you need to temporarly modify your TMP and TEMP variables for the install.
- Right click on ‘My Computer’ and choose ‘Properties’
- Click the ‘Advanced’ tab
- Click the ‘Environment Variables’ button
- Edit the TEMP and TMP user variables to reference a path that has NO spaces (e.g. c:\temp)
Done. SQL should install fine.