FIX: Database Fallback May Cause Dbid to Change

ID: Q180603

The information in this article applies to:
BUG #: 17807 (SQLBUG_65)

SYMPTOMS

When a database is brought online by a fallback server, the dbid that was originally assigned to the database may not be available. This causes the fallback server to assign a new dbid number to the database. If execute permissions for objects have been established in the original database, users may not have access to the objects until they have been recompiled.


CAUSE

When a user attempts to use an object (a view, stored procedure, table, and so on), permissions are checked before the user is allowed access to the object. In the case of a stored procedure, the pre-complied version is resolved by using the original dbid. If the user does not exist in the corresponding dbid on the fallback server, an error message (error 916) will be generated, indicating the user was not found in the database. This message will then resolve and show the correct database name on the fallback server for the original dbid.

The text of error 916 is:

Msg 916, Level 14, State 1
Server user id %d is not a valid user in database '%.*s'
For an example of this situation, see the MORE INFORMATION section of this article.


WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, ensure that the dbid of the original database is not in use on the fallback server.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 6.5. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 5a for Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. For information about downloading and installing the latest SQL Server Service Pack, see http://support.microsoft.com/support/sql/.

For more information, contact your primary support provider.


MORE INFORMATION

The following example illustrates the problem: 


   Before Fallback
   ---------------

    - Original server: mydb_1 = dbid 7
    - Fallback server: mydb_2 = dbid 7

   After Fallback
   --------------

    - Fallback server: mydb_2 = dbid 7; mydb_1 = dbid 8
In this example, if a user in mydb_1 attempted to execute a stored procedure that he or she had execute permissions on, the stored procedure would fail to execute. The error message would show that the user was not found in database mydb_2 (dbid of 7 on the fallback server). If the user did exist in dbid 7, the stored procedure would be executed.

If any user who has create permissions attempted to use the stored procedure, the stored procedure would be recompiled on error. This would then re-resolve the database name to the new dbid and allow subsequent users that had execute permissions to use the object.

Additional query words: sp_fallback fall back db id 


Keywords          : SSrvEntMan kbbug6.50 kbfix6.50.SP5 
Version           : winnt:6.5
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: April 21, 1999