FIX: Error 403 on Select w/ Nested Subqueries, Sums, and Groups

• Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5

SYMPTOMS

While you are running a complex query consisting of a select with a number of nested subqueries, aggregate functions such as sum() and/or count(), and a 'group by' clause, you may receive the following error message:

Msg 403, Level 16, State 1
Invalid operator for datatype op: UNKNOWN TOKEN type: decimal

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, avoid running such complex queries described above.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. For more information, contact your primary support provider.

Additional query words: transact

Keywords          : kbother kbusage SSrvTran_SQL kbbug6.50 
Version           : 6.5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: April 9, 1999