Microsoft KB Archive/236424

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Article ID: 236424

Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition



This article was previously published under Q236424

BUG #: 56055 (SQLBUG_70)

SYMPTOMS

Running CHECKDB against a database with at least 122,000 objects, causes a stack overflow exception. The number of objects is represented by the count of rows in SYSOBJECTS, NOT the number of tables in the database.

The stack overflow exception may cause Microsoft SQL Server to shutdown. If it does the client will receive a message that the connection has been broken. If the exception does not shutdown Microsoft SQL Server, the client will appear to be still running the DBCC.


WORKAROUND

Instead of using CHECKDB, use a script to run DBCC CHECKALLOC as well as a loop that executes DBCC CHECKTABLE for all system and user tables. Following is a script that performs this task, that can be scheduled and run using ISQL:

   DBCC CHECKALLOC
   GO

   declare @tabname sysname
   declare @exec_string varchar(300)

   declare tabcr cursor for 
   select name from sysobjects where type = 'S' or type = 'U' order by name

   open tabcr

   fetch tabcr into @tabname
   select @exec_string = "dbcc checktable('" + @tabname + "')"
   select @exec_string = rtrim(@exec_string)

   exec(@exec_string)

   while (@@fetch_status = 0)
   begin
    fetch tabcr into @tabname
    select @exec_string = "dbcc checktable('" + @tabname + "')"
    exec(@exec_string)
   end

   close tabcr
   deallocate tabcr
                

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

254561 INF: How to Obtain Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0


For more information, contact your primary support provider.

MORE INFORMATION

The DBCC TEXTALLOC, although not recommended for use in Microsoft SQL 7.0, may also cause this error.

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