Microsoft KB Archive/75548

= PRB: High Column of the Sysdevices Table Used for Dump Devices =

Article ID: 75548

Article Last Modified on 2/14/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 4.21a Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q75548



SYMPTOMS
Page 268 of the Microsoft SQL Server &quot;System Administrator's Guide&quot; and page 504 of the Microsoft SQL Server &quot;Language Reference&quot; state that the low and high columns in the sysdevices table are not used for dump devices. However, examining the sysdevices table reveals otherwise for floppy disk dump devices.



CAUSE
When creating floppy disk dump devices using sp_addumpdevice, the &quot;media_capacity&quot; parameter is divided by 62K and the result is placed in the high column in the sysdevices table. For example, if the default size for disk devices is used, the value 19 is placed in the high column of the sysdevices table (that is, 1.2 MB divided by 62K). Sp_helpdevice depends on this value to calculate the size of the floppy disk dump device for the description column of its output.

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