Article ID: 273772
Article Last Modified on 9/26/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Open Database Connectivity Driver for Access 4.0
- Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5
- Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 Service Pack 1
This article was previously published under Q273772
SYMPTOMS
When you call the SQLBindParameter function in the Jet ODBC driver, and when you bind to a SQL data type of SQL_NUMERIC or when you bind SQL_C_BINARY to SQL_WCHAR, a memory leak occurs.
If you use the Performance Monitor (PerfMon) to watch the Private Bytes for the process, you see a gradual but steady memory increase, and the memory is not freed when the statements or connections close.
CAUSE
Buffers are used within the Jet ODBC driver to help convert the ODBC parameter data types to native data types for the Jet database engine. These buffers are referenced through pointers maintained on the statement handle, as part of the parameter descriptors (IPDs).
Normally, the code checks to see if the pointer already references a valid memory buffer, and then reuses the buffer if it exists. However, when binding a SQL_NUMERIC datatype, or when binding SQL_C_BINARY to SQL_WCHAR, new memory is allocated and assigned to the pointer without checking it first, and the previous value is overwritten.
RESOLUTION
This problem is fixed in the latest service packs for Windows 2000 and MDAC 2.5.
- To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
- To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
293312 INFO: How to Obtain the Latest MDAC 2.5 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Version Size File name
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09/13/00 4.0.5708.0 270,608 bytes Odbcjt32.dll
09/14/00 1.10.101.0 295,696 bytes Q273772_W2K_SP2_x86_en.EXE
NOTE: This hotfix requires Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later because of dependencies on other files introduced with MDAC 2.5 SP1. There is no fix available that you can apply directly to MDAC 2.5.
To install this hotfix on a Microsoft Windows 2000 platform, run the hotfix installer package (Q273772_W2K_SP2_x86_en.EXE). Although the hotfix itself is not platform-dependent, the hotfix installer package is designed to run only on Windows 2000 platforms, and will not run on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 platforms. MDAC contains system file protected files and you can only replace those files by a digitally signed hotfix installer on Windows 2000. The standalone hotfix file is provided as well so that you can copy that file directly to Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95 or Windows 98 platforms.
WORKAROUND
There is no workaround for this problem.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.
MORE INFORMATION
If you examine the memory for the process periodically while the process runs, you see an increasing number of 0x100000 (1048576) byte allocations. If the process continues to run, the process eventually runs out of memory and stops responding (hangs) or fails.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Copy the code that follows into a Microsoft Visual C++ console application, and then compile the code. Please note that you may need to change the datasource name, user id and password.
#include <windows.h> #include <sql.h> #include <sqlext.h> #include <tchar.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #define LEAK_NUMERIC 1 //Use this to determine NUMERIC or BINARY leak void HandleError(SQLHANDLE hHandle, SQLSMALLINT hType, RETCODE RetCode) { SQLSMALLINT iRec = 0; SQLINTEGER iError; TCHAR szMessage[1000]; TCHAR szState[SQL_SQLSTATE_SIZE]; if (RetCode == SQL_INVALID_HANDLE) { fprintf(stderr,"Invalid handle!\n"); return; } while (SQLGetDiagRec(hType, hHandle, ++iRec, (SQLCHAR *)szState, &iError, (SQLCHAR *)szMessage, (SQLSMALLINT)(sizeof(szMessage) / sizeof(TCHAR)), (SQLSMALLINT *)NULL) == SQL_SUCCESS) { fprintf(stderr,TEXT("[%5.5s] %s (%d)\n"),szState,szMessage,iError); } } char* szConnStringIn = "Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=E:\\JetLeak\\TestDatabase.mdb"; char* szDropTable = "DROP TABLE LeakTable"; //char* szInsertStatement = "INSERT INTO LeakTable VALUES (?)"; char* szSelectStatement = "SELECT * FROM LeakTable WHERE val1 = ?"; const int nParamCount = 1; #if LEAK_NUMERIC char* szCreateTable = "CREATE TABLE LeakTable (val1 long)"; #else char* szCreateTable = "CREATE TABLE LeakTable (val1 varchar(10))"; #endif void main(int argc, char* argv[]) { SQLHENV henv; SQLHDBC hdbc; SQLHSTMT hstmt; SQLRETURN nstatus; char szConnStringOut[1024]; SQLSMALLINT cbConnOut; SQLINTEGER status[nParamCount]; #if LEAK_NUMERIC SQLCHAR szParam[nParamCount][10] = {"12345"}; #else BYTE szParam[nParamCount][10] = {0x31,0x33,0x34,0x39}; #endif //Not checking the return codes in some cases for clarity. nstatus = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV,NULL,&henv); nstatus = SQLSetEnvAttr(henv,SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION,(SQLPOINTER) SQL_OV_ODBC3,0); nstatus = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC,henv,&hdbc); nstatus = SQLDriverConnect(hdbc, NULL, (SQLCHAR*) szConnStringIn, SQL_NTS, (SQLCHAR*) szConnStringOut, sizeof (szConnStringOut), &cbConnOut, SQL_DRIVER_COMPLETE); if (nstatus != SQL_SUCCESS && nstatus != SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO) { HandleError(hdbc,SQL_HANDLE_DBC,nstatus); return; } nstatus = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT,hdbc,&hstmt); nstatus = SQLExecDirect(hstmt, (SQLCHAR*) szDropTable, SQL_NTS); nstatus = SQLExecDirect(hstmt, (SQLCHAR*) szCreateTable, SQL_NTS); if (!SQL_SUCCEEDED(nstatus)) { HandleError(hstmt,SQL_HANDLE_STMT,nstatus); } int i; //only one parameter in this case for (i=0; i < nParamCount; i++) { status[i] = SQL_NTS; #if LEAK_NUMERIC nstatus = SQLBindParameter(hstmt, i+1, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_CHAR, SQL_NUMERIC, 10, 0, szParam[i], 10, &status[i]); #else nstatus = SQLBindParameter(hstmt, i+1, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_BINARY, SQL_WCHAR, 10, 0, szParam[i], 10, &status[i]); #endif } nstatus = SQLPrepare(hstmt,(SQLCHAR*) szSelectStatement, SQL_NTS); if (nstatus != SQL_SUCCESS) { HandleError(hstmt,SQL_HANDLE_STMT,nstatus); } for (i=0; i < 100000; i++) { if (i % 100 == 0) { printf("Selected %d times\n", i); //printf("Inserted %d records\n", i); Sleep(100); } nstatus = SQLExecute(hstmt); if (nstatus != SQL_SUCCESS) { HandleError(hstmt,SQL_HANDLE_STMT,nstatus); } SQLFreeStmt(hstmt, SQL_CLOSE); } nstatus = SQLExecDirect(hstmt, (SQLCHAR*) "DELETE FROM LeakTable", SQL_NTS); if (nstatus != SQL_SUCCESS) { HandleError(hstmt,SQL_HANDLE_STMT,nstatus); } SQLFreeStmt(hstmt, SQL_CLOSE); SQLDisconnect(hdbc); }NOTE: You can use the LEAK_NUMERIC constant to demonstrate either the SQL_NUMERIC or SQL_C_BINARY leak.
- Create a new blank Microsoft Access database as specified by the location in your connection string.
- Start running the code, and then use Performance Monitor to watch the Private Bytes counter for the process.
Note that the Private Bytes counter rises steadily while the code is running.
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