Hi,
Posting this to help others perhaps. I suddenly was getting this error
message on an asp page with an odbc connection to a postgres database
that was working fine for weeks.
The error was caused by a recent install of .NET 2.0 on the server.
When that was installed a new service was installed, ASP .Net State
Services. The default startup type was set to Manual on the install.
Even though my page never used .NET before or after .NET 2.0 was
installed my asp page will generate a System Error 998 if the .NET State
Services is not running.
Hope this helps someone else.
Mike