1> sp_dboption test, 'ddl in tran', true, 1
2> go
Database option 'ddl in tran' turned ON for database 'test'.
Running CHECKPOINT on database 'test' for option 'ddl in tran' to take effect.
(return status = 0)
The wording was changed along the line. Long ago it instructed the user to run checkpoint in the database the option was turned on for. At some point ASE started doing the checkpoint automatically and the message was changed, it now just informs the user that checkpoint is being run. The message has really outlived it's purpose, most DBAs either now are used to the new behavior; many have never worked on a server so old that they saw the old behavior.
-bret