Microsoft KB Archive/822855

= FIX: Access Violation Occurs in BufferPartition::Steal =

Article ID: 822855

Article Last Modified on 7/7/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition

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BUG #: 469595 (SQL Server 8.0)



SYMPTOMS
An access violation may occur in BufferPartition::Steal, and the computer running SQL Server 2000 may be restarted because of an internal memory overwrite.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if a server process ID (SPID) activity causes a memory overwrite of the SQL Server buffer pool tracking structures. The SPID activity damages the tracking of the free buffers and makes the computer running SQL Server unstable, thereby causing the access violation.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, apply the hotfix in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

818897 FIX: Invalid TDS Sent to SQL Server Results in Access Violation



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
You can trace the access violation message from the SQL Server error logs. When you enable Watson Error Reporting, a mini dump file is generated in the SQL Server log because of this access violation.

Keywords: kbfix kbmemory KB822855

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