MSDTC?

I keep getting this error on my application server...what does it mean?

The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( ODBC ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The
following information is part of the event: Failed to enlist in DTC:
SQL state 37000, native error 8501, error message [Microsoft][ODBC SQL
Server Driver][SQL Server]MSDTC on server 'PROSQL' is unavailable..

any help would be appreciated...thanks

-Jim
On Oct 16, 2:09 pm, "Jimbo" <jim.fer...@.motorola.comwrote:

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I keep getting this error on my application server...what does it mean?
>
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( ODBC ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The
following information is part of the event: Failed to enlist in DTC:
SQL state 37000, native error 8501, error message [Microsoft][ODBC SQL
Server Driver][SQL Server]MSDTC on server 'PROSQL' is unavailable..
>
any help would be appreciated...thanks
>
-Jim

It seems you're trying to run global/XA transactions including the
SQLServer as one resource, and in order to do XA, MS SQLServer
needs it's MSDTC running. (MS Distributed Transaction Coordinator).
Joe Weinstein at BEA Systems