Can you give some more details of this?  Do you see any
problems in -x15 mode?  Any errors?
> but this is what i see with SQL Trace from time to time:
> 
> -- 11.1.1998 16:51:57,100 RPC (ID=46, SPID=13, User=sa(GNS\pietro),
> App='', Host=''(147) )
> sp_columns "Calls", NULL, NULL, NULL, "Calls", NULL, NULL, NULL
> go
This isn't a big deal.  Its the way RadiusNT 2.2 checked to see if
the connection was still alive and working correctly.
 
> i run this query (sp_collumns....) but it will eventually end with:
> Msg 257, Level 16, State 1
> Implicit conversion from datatype 'varchar' to 'int' is not allowed.
> Use the CONVERT function to run this query.
This doesn't sound right.  sp_columns is just a system stored procedure
that gives you information back on the columns in a table.
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