Article ID: 170090
Article Last Modified on 10/16/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q170090
BUG #: 16964 (6.5)
SYMPTOMS
LOAD TRAN or recovery may fail with the following error and mark the database as suspect if UPDATETEXT was used to insert at least two text/image pages into the middle of an existing text/image column:
CAUSE
When processing an UPDATETEXT statement that would insert one or more pages, the timestamp on the first page after the newly inserted pages is not changed until all pages are inserted. On recovery, SQL Server checks the timestamps before making any change on a page, which causes the problem.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, avoid using UPDATETEXT to insert data into the middle of existing text/image pages. However, UPDATETEXT works fine if new data is appended to the end rather than inserted into the middle.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 6.5. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
S E R V P A C K
Additional query words: tlog database wrong begin incomplete rollback forward abort
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbusage KB170090
