Article ID: 247019
Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q247019
BUG #: 55656 (SQLBUG_70)
SYMPTOMS
An access violation (AV) is caused when an ALTER TABLE statement is run to add a CHECK constraint and if the constraint definition contains the ESCAPE keyword. An error message similar to the following appears.
Avoid using the ESCAPE keyword when defining CHECK constraints.
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
Steps to Reproduce the Problem
The following script demonstrates the problem.
create table abc (col1 varchar(10))
go
alter table abc add constraint chk1 check (col1 like '~_xyz' escape '~')
go
Additional query words: gpf gp fault
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB247019
