FIX: SELECTs from SYSPROCESSES Result in Access Violation

ID: Q151985

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server versions 6.0, 6.5

SYMPTOMS

On busy symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) computers, queries against the virtual table sysprocesses may infrequently get a handled access violation, causing the client connection to be terminated. Other clients are unaffected. The call stack of the access violation will look similar to the following:


findwaitfor+0x2f
ins_sysproc+0x7fc
make_fake+0xe8
s_setuptables+0x2bc
s_execute+0x7d8
sequencer+0x23f
execproc+0xfb7
s_execute+0xb8c
sequencer+0x23f
language_exec+0x65e

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server versions 6.0 and 6.5. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 1 for Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. For more information, contact your primary support provider.

Additional query words: SQL6 SQL65 SP_WHO


Keywords          : kbnetwork SSrvGen SSrvTrans kbbug6.00 kbfix6.50.sp1 
Version           : 6.0 6.5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: March 26, 1999