Article ID: 831675
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 #: 470536 (SQL Server 8.0)
Microsoft distributes SQL Server 2000 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2000 fix release.
SYMPTOMS
When you run a query that contains a UNION ALL operator, a TOP clause, and an ORDER BY clause to retrieve data from a SQL Server database, you may notice that the data that is returned in the result is not consistent. The result you receive when the query is run the first time differs from the result you receive in successive runs of the same query.
You may notice similar behavior even after you run the DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS Transact-SQL command to clean the buffer.
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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31-May-2003 05:15 2000.80.818.0 78,400 Console.exe 27-Oct-2003 14:51 2000.80.873.0 315,968 Custtask.dll 02-Oct-2003 07:29 2000.80.867.0 33,340 Dbmslpcn.dll 24-Apr-2003 12:42 786,432 Distmdl.ldf 24-Apr-2003 12:42 2,359,296 Distmdl.mdf 29-Jan-2003 12:25 180 Drop_repl_hotfix.sql 11-Sep-2003 13:56 2000.80.859.0 1,905,216 Dtspkg.dll 26-Aug-2003 06:46 2000.80.854.0 528,960 Dtspump.dll 23-Jun-2003 09:10 2000.80.837.0 1,557,052 Dtsui.dll 23-Jun-2003 09:10 2000.80.837.0 639,552 Dtswiz.dll 23-Apr-2003 13:21 747,927 Instdist.sql 02-May-2003 12:26 1,581 Inst_repl_hotfix.sql 07-Feb-2003 17:10 2000.80.765.0 90,692 Msgprox.dll 31-Mar-2003 12:37 1,873 Odsole.sql 04-Apr-2003 12:16 2000.80.800.0 62,024 Odsole70.dll 07-May-2003 07:11 2000.80.819.0 25,144 Opends60.dll 02-Apr-2003 08:18 2000.80.796.0 57,904 Osql.exe 02-Apr-2003 09:45 2000.80.797.0 279,104 Pfutil80.dll 04-Aug-2003 04:47 550,780 Procsyst.sql 11-Sep-2003 11:07 12,305 Qfe469315.sql 22-May-2003 09:27 19,195 Qfe469571.sql 05-Sep-2003 12:06 1,090,932 Replmerg.sql 05-Sep-2003 17:48 2000.80.858.0 221,768 Replprov.dll 05-Sep-2003 17:48 2000.80.858.0 307,784 Replrec.dll 05-Sep-2003 10:30 1,087,150 Replsys.sql 13-Aug-2003 02:58 986,603 Repltran.sql 21-Oct-2003 10:38 2000.80.871.0 57,916 Semnt.dll 29-Jul-2003 06:43 2000.80.819.0 492,096 Semobj.dll 31-May-2003 04:57 2000.80.818.0 172,032 Semobj.rll 05-Aug-2003 07:36 127,884 Sp3_serv_uni.sql 31-May-2003 11:31 2000.80.818.0 4,215,360 Sqldmo.dll 07-Apr-2003 04:14 25,172 Sqldumper.exe 19-Mar-2003 04:50 2000.80.789.0 28,672 Sqlevn70.rll 26-Sep-2003 15:12 2000.80.865.0 180,792 Sqlmap70.dll 02-Sep-2003 13:26 2000.80.857.0 188,992 Sqlmmc.dll 02-Sep-2003 09:33 2000.80.857.0 479,232 Sqlmmc.rll 21-Oct-2003 10:38 2000.80.871.0 401,984 Sqlqry.dll 07-Feb-2003 17:10 2000.80.765.0 57,920 Sqlrepss.dll 27-Oct-2003 14:51 2000.80.873.0 7,606,353 Sqlservr.exe 25-Jul-2003 08:14 2000.80.845.0 590,396 Sqlsort.dll 07-Feb-2003 17:10 2000.80.765.0 45,644 Sqlvdi.dll 02-Oct-2003 07:29 2000.80.867.0 33,340 Ssmslpcn.dll 31-May-2003 11:31 2000.80.818.0 82,492 Ssnetlib.dll 31-May-2003 11:31 2000.80.818.0 25,148 Ssnmpn70.dll 27-Oct-2003 14:51 2000.80.873.0 123,456 Stardds.dll 31-May-2003 11:31 2000.80.818.0 158,240 Svrnetcn.dll 31-May-2003 05:29 2000.80.818.0 76,416 Svrnetcn.exe 30-Apr-2003 10:22 2000.80.816.0 45,132 Ums.dll 01-Jul-2003 10:49 2000.80.834.0 98,816 Xpweb70.dll
Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains these 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.
This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4.
REFERENCES
For additional information about software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
For additional information about inconsistent results, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
309450 FIX: Inconsistent results reported by TOP N using full-text CONTAINSTABLE
319610 FIX: You may receive unexpected results when you use a text column and an OR operator to combine criteria from multiple subqueries
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