Microsoft KB Archive/114808

FIX: “LAZY WRITER” CMD in SYSPROCESSES is NULL Terminated

PSS ID Number: Q114808 Article last modified on 12-02-1994

4.21

WINDOWS

BUG# NT: 690 (4.21)

= SYMPTOMS =

On SQL Server for Windows NT, the “LAZY WRITER” process has a null terminated string in the CMD column in SYSPROCESSES. All other processes, both system and user, are padded out with spaces to the full column length.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 4.21. This problem was corrected in SQL Server version 4.21a. For more information, contact your primary support provider.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Some applications depend on the padded string behavior. SQL Administrator, for instance, will erroneously display the process as “LAZY WRITER UN” because of this null termination problem.

Additional reference words: 4.21 Windows NT KBCategory: kbprg KBSubcategory: SSrvWinNT

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