Article ID: 817186
Article Last Modified on 11/2/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Workgroup Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition 64-bit
BUG #: 364392
(SQL Server 8.0)
SYMPTOMS
When you run a query that performs join operations between multiple tables, the query may return incorrect results. You may see this behavior when the SQL Server query optimizer recognizes the query as a candidate for an internal join strategy known as a star join, and it chooses the star join strategy to perform the join on the tables in the query.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, create a temporary table to store the intermediary results or to store the complex aggregations that are based on several joins on the large table. Then, join the other tables with the temporary table. This may prevent the SQL Server query optimizer from using the star join strategy for joining the tables in the query. This, in turn, may cause the query to return the correct results.
RESOLUTION
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack
Hotfix information
The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name
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29-Jan-2003 11:48 7.0.9466.0 344,064 Msvcr70.dll
29-Jan-2003 11:48 2000.80.722.0 57,904 Osql.exe
29-Jan-2003 11:48 2000.80.534.0 127,548 Sqdedev.dll
29-Jan-2003 11:48 2000.80.194.0 180,290 Sqlunirl.dll
25-Feb-2003 14:11 2000.80.777.0 29,244 Dbmslpcn.dll
07-Feb-2003 16:14 786,432 Distmdl.ldf
07-Feb-2003 16:14 2,359,296 Distmdl.mdf
29-Jan-2003 12:25 180 Drop_repl_hotfix.sql
31-Jan-2003 11:02 2000.80.763.0 1,557,052 Dtsui.dll
29-Jan-2003 15:48 746,470 Instdist.sql
29-Jan-2003 12:25 1,402 Inst_repl_hotfix.sql
07-Feb-2003 17:10 2000.80.765.0 90,692 Msgprox.dll
07-Feb-2003 14:23 1,065,895 Replmerg.sql
07-Feb-2003 17:10 2000.80.765.0 221,768 Replprov.dll
07-Feb-2003 17:10 2000.80.765.0 307,784 Replrec.dll
06-Mar-2003 15:32 1,084,369 Replsys.sql
03-Mar-2003 03:48 104,958 Sp3_serv_uni.sql
19-Mar-2003 04:50 2000.80.789.0 28,672 Sqlevn70.rll
27-Feb-2003 12:04 2000.80.778.0 176,696 Sqlmap70.dll
07-Feb-2003 17:10 2000.80.765.0 57,920 Sqlrepss.dll
19-Mar-2003 04:54 2000.80.789.0 7,540,820 Sqlservr.exe
07-Feb-2003 17:10 2000.80.765.0 45,644 Sqlvdi.dll
25-Feb-2003 14:11 2000.80.777.0 29,244 Ssmslpcn.dll
25-Feb-2003 14:11 2000.80.777.0 82,492 Ssnetlib.dll
17-Mar-2003 01:19 727,132 Sysmessages.sym
27-Feb-2003 12:04 2000.80.778.0 98,872 Xpweb70.dll
Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains the files may also contain additional files.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4.
MORE INFORMATION
This problem does not occur with all queries that perform joins between multiple tables. The SQL Server query optimizer chooses the join strategy after it analyzes the indexes and the references for the joined tables that are in the query. The SQL Server query optimizer choses a star join strategy only if the star join is considered the most optimal join strategy. Therefore, this problem will not occur with most queries that involve joins between multiple tables because a star join is not a common strategy for the SQL Server query optimizer to use.
However, the execution plan of a query does not provide any information about whether the SQL Server query optimizer chose the star join strategy to join the tables in the query.
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