Article ID: 167336
Article Last Modified on 10/3/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q167336
BUG #: 16457
SYMPTOMS
A select statement that does a full outer join on the same table may cause a handled access violation (AV). For this problem to occur, the following conditions must be true:
- The select statement does a full outer join on the same table.
- An ORDER BY clause is also included.
- The query causes a REFORMAT to occur.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do any of the following:
- Remove the ORDER BY clause.
- Use another sorting method.
- Change some indexes on your table to avoid the REFORMAT condition.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. For more information, contact your primary support provider.
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