Article ID: 841401
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 #: 362810 (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
On a symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server 2000, you may notice the following behavior in the Windows Performance Monitor when you perform multiple transactions on an instance of SQL Server 2000:
- The values for the Active Transactions counter for the _Total instance of the SQL Server:Databases object are not correct. You may also notice that the values are very large and unrealistic.
- The values for the Active Transactions counter for the instances that correspond to individual databases are correct.
RESOLUTION
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For more 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 hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 664,128 Autoplt.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 78,400 Console.exe 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 315,968 Custtask.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 33,340 Dbmslpcn.dll 08-Apr-2004 09:12 786,432 Distmdl.ldf 08-Apr-2004 09:12 2,359,296 Distmdl.mdf 10-Oct-2003 06:18 180 Drop_repl_hotfix.sql 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 1,905,216 Dtspkg.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 528,960 Dtspump.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 1,557,052 Dtsui.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 639,552 Dtswiz.dll 10-Oct-2003 06:18 747,927 Instdist.sql 10-Oct-2003 06:18 1,581 Inst_repl_hotfix.sql 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 82,492 Itwiz.exe 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 90,692 Msgprox.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 62,024 Odsole70.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:23 2000.80.935.0 25,144 Opends60.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 57,904 Osql.exe 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 279,104 Pfutil80.dll 10-Oct-2003 06:07 550,780 Procsyst.sql 08-Apr-2004 09:12 12,305 Qfe469315.sql 08-Apr-2004 09:12 19,195 Qfe469571.sql 22-Apr-2004 09:51 1,104,848 Replmerg.sql 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 221,768 Replprov.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 307,784 Replrec.dll 22-Apr-2004 10:00 2000.80.935.0 159,813 Replres.rll 10-Oct-2003 06:18 1,087,150 Replsys.sql 10-Oct-2003 06:18 986,603 Repltran.sql 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 287,304 Rinitcom.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 66,112 Semmap.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 57,916 Semnt.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 492,096 Semobj.dll 22-Apr-2004 10:39 2000.80.935.0 172,032 Semobj.rll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 53,832 Snapshot.exe 11-Mar-2004 14:40 117,834 Sp3_serv_uni.sql 23-Apr-2004 03:21 2000.80.935.0 28,672 Sqlagent.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 311,872 Sqlagent.exe 23-Apr-2004 03:21 2000.80.935.0 168,001 Sqlakw32.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 33,344 Sqlctr80.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 4,215,360 Sqldmo.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 25,172 Sqldumper.exe 22-Apr-2004 09:47 2000.80.935.0 28,672 Sqlevn70.rll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 180,792 Sqlmap70.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 188,992 Sqlmmc.dll 22-Apr-2004 10:43 2000.80.935.0 479,232 Sqlmmc.rll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 401,984 Sqlqry.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 57,920 Sqlrepss.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:23 2000.80.935.0 7,577,681 Sqlservr.exe 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 590,396 Sqlsort.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 45,644 Sqlvdi.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 106,588 Sqsrvres.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 33,340 Ssmslpcn.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 82,492 Ssnetlib.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:23 2000.80.935.0 25,148 Ssnmpn70.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:23 2000.80.935.0 123,456 Stardds.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:23 2000.80.935.0 158,240 Svrnetcn.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:22 2000.80.935.0 76,416 Svrnetcn.exe 23-Apr-2004 03:23 2000.80.935.0 49,228 Ums.dll 23-Apr-2004 03:23 2000.80.935.0 98,872 Xpweb70.dll
Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains these files may also contain additional files.
WORKAROUND
If the counters that are mentioned in the "Symptoms" section are used by custom applications, you can use the following work around to resolve the problem:
- Calculate the sum of the values for the Active Transactions counter for the instances that correspond to individual databases. This sum is the actual value of the Active Transactions counter for the _Total instance.
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.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to reproduce the behavior
To reproduce the behavior, follow these steps on an SMP computer that is running SQL Server:
In SQL Query Analyzer, connect to an instance of SQL Server to open a query window, and then paste the following code in the query window:
-- Transaction for the first connection while (1=1) begin begin tran update pubs..authors set au_id=au_id rollback end
In SQL Query Analyzer, connect to the instance of SQL Server that is mentioned in step 1, and then paste the following code in the query window:
-- Transaction for the second connection while (1=1) begin begin tran update Northwind..Categories set Description=Description rollback end
In SQL Query Analyzer, connect to the instance of SQL Server that is mentioned in step 1, and then paste the following code in the query window:
-- Transaction for the third connection while (1=1) begin begin tran update pubs..authors set au_id=au_id update Northwind..Categories set Description=Description rollback end
- Run the code that is mentioned in step 1, in step 2, and in step 3.
- Add the required counters in the Windows Performance Monitor to view the values. To do this, follow these steps:
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type perfmon, and then click OK.
- Right-click in the right pane of the Performance window, and then click Add Counters.
- In the Add Counters dialog box, select SQL Server:Databases from the Performance object list.
- Select the Active Transactions counter from the list of counters.
- Select the _Total, the Northwind, and the Pubs instances from the list of instances, and then click Add.
- In the Add Counters dialog box, click Close.
In the right pane of the Performance window, you may notice incorrect values in the Average box and in the Maximum box. You may also notice that the values are much larger than the sum of the Active Transactions counters for the individual database instances.
REFERENCES
For more 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 more information about SQLServer:Databases performance counters, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
330088 BUG: SQLServer:Databases performance counters limited to first 99 databases in Windows System Monitor
Additional query words: perfmon SMP Windows System Monitor
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