ADO Cursor Engine Alignment Faults Cause Performance Issues on Alpha Platforms

ID: Q230067

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When using ADO on an Alpha platform, the client cursor engine generates a number of alignment faults, which can cause performance problems.


CAUSE

The pointers being used by the Alpha version of the ADO client cursor engine are not being properly aligned with page boundaries. This causes a performance hit when address fixups need to be performed.


WORKAROUND

There is no workaround.


RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later: 

   Date      Time    Version      Size    File name     Platform
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   4/26/99           2.10.4026    706KB   msadce.dll    Alpha


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbADO210fix kbGrpVBDB 
Version           : WINDOWS:2.0,2.1,2.1 SP1
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 2, 1999