Posts Tagged ‘Error: SQL Server – Error starting esri_sde service -93 DBMS error code: 18456’
Whenever there is inconsistency with the password, the following error message is logged in the SDE error log after trying to start the ArcSDE service:
IDBInitialize::Initialize Failed
init_DB DB_instance_open_as_dba: -93
DBMS error code: [read full article]