Article ID: 888799
Article Last Modified on 11/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition 64-bit
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
INTRODUCTION
This article contains information about the bugs that are fixed by Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4).
Notes
- Service packs are cumulative. Each new service pack contains all the fixes that are in earlier service packs, together with any new fixes. You do not have to install an earlier service pack before you install the latest one.
- This list contains previously released hotfixes. Other fixes may be included in the service pack that are not documented.
For more information about how to obtain the SQL Server 2000 service packs, 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
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the bugs that have been fixed in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
314128 FIX: Access violation occurs when an RPC call is made that includes a bit parameter value that is not valid
317989 FIX: Sqlakw32.dll may corrupt SQL statements
319477 FIX: Extremely large number of user tables on AWE system may cause BPool::Map errors
328551 FIX: Concurrency enhancements for the tempdb database
331885 FIX: Update/Delete statement fails with Error: 1203 during page lock escalation
331965 FIX: The xp_readmail extended stored procedure overwrites attachment that already exists
331968 FIX: The xp_readmail and xp_findnextmsg extended stored procedures do not read mail in time received order
332004 FIX: SQL Server scalability may be limited if AWE is enabled
891719 FIX: You receive a 17803 error message when you run a SORT or CREATE INDEX operation on a computer that has several GB of physical RAM from SQL Server 2000
810026 FIX: A DELETE statement with a self-join may fail and you receive a 625 error
810052 FIX: A memory leak occurs when cursors are opened during a connection
810072 FIX: Merge replication reconciler stack overflow
810140 FIX: A cursor DECLARE statement with a binary large object (text/ntext/image) parameter may cause an access violation
810163 FIX: An access violation occurs if an sp_cursoropen call references a parameter that is not defined
810526 FIX: Cursors that have a long lifetime may cause memory fragmentation
810688 FIX: Merge Agent can resend changes for filtered publications
810920 FIX: The JOIN queries in the triggers that involve the inserted table or the deleted table may return results that are not consistent
811052 FIX: Latch time-out message 845 occurs when you perform a database or file SHRINK operation
811188 FIX: The merge replication agent stops responding when you perform merge replication between a SQL Server database and a SQL Server CE database by using a custom conflict resolver
811205 FIX: An error message occurs when you perform a database or a file SHRINK operation
811467 FIX: A Unicode LIKE predicate with binary collation may return incorrect results
811476 BUG: Rollback fails with errors 3314 and 9001 if you enlist multiple connections in the same transaction
811611 FIX: Reinitialized SQL Server CE 2.0 subscribers may experience data loss and non-convergence
811703 FIX: Unexpected results from partial aggregations based on conversions
812250 FIX: Indexed view may cause a handled access violation in CIndex::SetLevel1Names
812393 FIX: UPDATE or DELETE statement fails with error 1203 during row lock escalation
812798 FIX: A UNION ALL view may not use index if partitions are removed at compile time
812995 FIX: A query with an aggregate function may fail with a 3628 error
813146 FIX: A scan of each partition table may be performed when you run an UPDATE statement on the partitioning column of a partitioned view
813412 FIX: xp_readmail returns NULL in the attachment column if the attachment's type is Message Format
813494 FIX: Distribution Agent fails with "violation of primary key constraint" error message
813524 FIX: OLE DB conversion errors may occur after you select a literal string that represents datetime data as a column
813759 FIX: A large number of NULL values in join columns result in slow query performance
813769 FIX: You may experience slow performance when you debug a SQL Server service
813779 FIX: A DML operation on a large table can cause performance problems
814032 FIX: Merge publications cannot synchronize on SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
814035 FIX: A full-text population fails after you apply SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
814113 FIX: DTS Designer may generate an access violation after you install SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
814460 FIX: Merge replication with alternate synchronization partners may not succeed after you change the retention period
814509 FIX: A parallel query with a COUNT aggregate function may return unexpected results
814654 FIX: Error 1203 may be logged in the error log when you disconnect from an instance of SQL Server 2000 after you submit queries or transactions
814665 FIX: SQL Server assertion: "nret == FALSE" occurs when you insert or update table data in SQL Server 2000
814889 FIX: A DELETE statement with a JOIN might fail and you receive a 625 error
814893 FIX: Error message: "Insufficient key column information for updating" occurs in SQL Server 2000 SP3
814894 FIX: The xp_readmail stored procedure only saves the text of an embedded attachment
814916 FIX: Merge Agent for a filtered publication might fail
814919 FIX: No message appears when a blank password is set for a system administrator login in SQL Server Enterprise Manager
814950 FIX: A computer might transmit nonencrypted data when clients use the Multiprotocol Net-Library with the encryption option enabled
814997 FIX: The header information may not be included when the query parameter has a COMPUTE clause
815056 FIX: The checkpoint process can delay SQL Server database activity and does not yield Scheduler correctly causing Error: 17883 to occur
815057 FIX: SQL Server 2000 Uninstall option does not remove all files
815114 FIX: Excessive Optimizer memory consumption may occur for queries that have multiple OUTER JOINS
815115 FIX: A DTS package that uses global variables ignores error message raised by RAISERROR
815199 FIX: Profiler does not report CPU column value for RPC:Completed events correctly
815249 FIX: Performance of a query that is run from a client program on a SQL Server SP3 database is slow after you restart the instance of SQL Server
815476 FIX: The spacing may not be correct when you run xp_sendmail and the query parameter contains a COMPUTE clause
815592 FIX: Incorrect remoting of a predicate as a Sub-SELECT function after SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 upgrade
815593 FIX: Incorrect cardinality estimates for NOT EXISTS predicates after you upgrade to SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
816039 FIX: Code point comparison semantics for SQL_Latin1_General_Cp850_BIN collation
816069 FIX: A query with a large IN clause can cause concurrency issues
816084 FIX: sysindexes.statblob column may be corrupted after you run a DBCC DBREINDEX statement
816440 FIX: Error 8623 is raised when SQL Server compiles a complex query
816503 FIX: Floating point exception (Error 3628) might occur for queries that need merged histograms
816780 FIX: Merge Agent failures with articles that have indexed views defined
816834 FIX: Osql.exe may not run batches as fast as other ODBC-based applications
816840 FIX: Error 17883 may display message text that is not correct
816883 FIX: SQL Server optimizer may underestimate the cardinality of range queries
816937 FIX: A memory leak may occur when you use the sp_OAMethod stored procedure to call a method of a COM object
816985 FIX: You cannot install SQL Server 2000 SP3 on the Korean version of SQL Server 2000
817081 FIX: You receive an error message when you use the SQL-DMO BulkCopy object to import data into a SQL Server table
817186 FIX: A query that performs join operations between multiple tables may return incorrect results
817262 FIX: Complex query may not create an execution plan
817263 FIX: A SELECT statement against a view might not return qualifying rows
817359 FIX: An access violation may occur when you run an INSERT statement in an nText column
817368 FIX: An INSERT or UPDATE that results in a page split might fail with Error 818
817464 FIX: Using Sp_executesql in Merge Agent operations
817709 FIX: SQL Server 2000 might produce an incorrect cardinality estimate for outer joins
817780 FIX: A complex query is not successful on a server that has more than 2 GB of memory
818079 FIX: SQL Profiler displays incorrect TextData value when you run a nested stored procedure by using a Remote Procedure Call
818095 FIX: Cursor plans are not removed from the cache when virtual memory depleted
818096 FIX: Many extent lock time-outs may occur during extent allocation
818097 FIX: An access violation may occur when you run DBCC DBREINDEX on a table that has hypothetical indexes
818188 FIX: Query on the sysmembers virtual table may fail with a stack overflow
818335 FIX: A query may run slowly if the query contains a multi-table join and one of the joins is a view
818388 FIX: A Transact-SQL statement that is embedded in the database name runs with system administrator permissions
818414 FIX: The Sqldumper.exe file does not generate a userdump file when it runs against a Windows service
818540 FIX: SQL Server Enterprise Manager quits unexpectedly when you modify a DTS package
818729 FIX: Internal query processor Error 8623 when Microsoft SQL Server tries to compile a plan for a complex query
818766 FIX: Intense SQL Server activity results in spinloop wait
818767 FIX: Improved CPU usage for database logging when transaction log stalls occur
818768 FIX: Cannot set SQL Server instance specific network affinity
818769 FIX: Trace flag -T8002 treats an affinity mask like a process affinity
818772 FIX: Cannot set the network affinity for an instance of SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
818806 FIX: Some Named Pipes features are not disabled after you disable the Named Pipes protocol
818897 FIX: Invalid TDS sent to SQL Server results in access violation
818899 FIX: Error message 3628 may occur when you run a complex query
819100 MDAC Cliconfg.* files are not upgraded after you install SQL Server 2000 SP3a
819248 FIX: An access violation exception may occur when you insert a row in a table that is referenced by indexed views in SQL Server 2000
819662 FIX: Distribution Cleanup Agent incorrectly cleans up entries for anonymous Subscribers
819829 FIX: When you run a program or a Web browser script that uses the Command object in the ADO programming interface to run a SQL Server stored procedure, you may receive an "EXECUTE permission denied on object..." error message in SQL Server 2000
819955 FIX: Using xp_sendmail with a COMPUTE clause causes an access violation
820727 FIX: A long-running cursor fetch may lead to an assertion failure when you try to access a SQL Server 2000 database from an application
820835 FIX: SQL Server might take a long time to recover after an abrupt or unexpected server shutdown
820837 FIX: Allocation caching mechanisms enable faster allocation of pages to objects
821280 MS03-031: Security patch for SQL Server 2000 64-bit
821334 FIX: Issues that are resolved in SQL Server 2000 build 8.00.0859
821337 FIX: Localized versions of SQL Mail and the Web Assistant Wizard may not work as expected in SQL Server 2000 64 bit
821535 FIX: Merge replication fails with Error 207 while generating a snapshot
821537 FIX: A deadlock condition may occur when you perform an UPDATE operation or a DELETE operation against a remote OLE DB provider in SQL Server 2000
821548 FIX: A parallel query may generate an access violation after you install SQL Server 2000 SP3
821688 FIX: A query filter condition that has a LEFT OUTER JOIN clause may cause an incorrect row count estimate in the query execution plan
821740 FIX: MS DTC transaction commit operation blocks itself
821741 FIX: Lock monitor exception in DeadlockMonitor::ResolveDeadlock
821806 FIX: SQL Server may generate an incorrect SQL script for a table constraint when you use the "Generate SQL Script" option in Enterprise Manager
822033 FIX: A parameterized UNION query inside a stored procedure returns incorrect results
822641 Additional diagnostics added to diagnose long-running or canceled database autogrow operations in SQL Server
822668 FIX: "Connection is busy with results for another command" error message occurs when you run a linked server query
822746 FIX: Incorrect results from a parallel query that uses a UNION and variables or parameters
822747 FIX: Error 644 or 8646 may occur during a DELETE or UPDATE against a table that contains a Unicode column with a Latin1_General_BIN collation
822757 FIX: An Insert Select command with OPENXML and a SQL_VARIANT type can cause Error 2537 to occur
823429 FIX: You receive error message 7410 when you use a distributed query as a query parameter for the xp_sendmail stored procedure or the sp_makewebtask stored procedure in SQL Server 2000
823455 FIX: Visual Basic raises a syntax error when you try to compile a file that was created when you saved a DTS package
823514 FIX: Build 8.00.0837: A query that contains a correlated subquery runs slowly
823877 FIX: An access violation may occur when you run a query that contains 32,000 or more OR clauses
824018 FIX: Parallel query that uses an indexed bit column may return results that are not correct
824027 FIX: A cursor with a large object parameter may cause an access violation on CStmtCond::XretExecute
824028 FIX: An OUTER or SEMI JOIN query that results in hash role reversal followed by a spill may return incorrect results
824227 FIX: A SELECT statement that contains computed columns and invalid filter condition values may cause an access violation
824430 FIX: Performance decreases over time when you back up files in SQL Server 2000
825019 FIX: A linked server query fails with the error message "Statement(s) could not be prepared" in SQL Server 2000
825025 FIX: You cannot synchronize between a replication publisher and a replication republisher
825042 FIX: SQL Server jobs that are owned by non-sysadmin users may not start
825043 FIX: Rows are unexpectedly deleted when you run a distributed query to delete or to update a linked server table
825045 FIX: The Merge Agent takes a long time to download new data when it runs on a new anonymous subscription
825197 FIX: You receive error 3624 and the user database is marked suspect after you perform a bulk insert operation in SQL Server 2000
825225 FIX: You receive an error message when you run a parallel query that uses an aggregation function or the GROUP BY clause
825854 FIX: No exclusive locks may be taken if the DisAllowsPageLocks value is set to true
825883 FIX: The TextData column of the SP:StmtStarting event and the SP:StmtCompleted event displays the dynamic Transact-SQL statement even when the stored procedure is encrypted
825884 FIX: The dynamic query statement appears in the query execution plan of an encrypted stored procedure
826080 FIX: SQL Server 2000 protocol encryption applies to JDBC clients
826161 FIX: You are prompted for password confirmation after you change a standard SQL Server login
826364 FIX: A query with a LIKE comparison results in a non-optimal query plan when you use a Hungarian SQL Server collation
826376 FIX: An access violation may occur when you remove all elements from the procedure cache for a linked server over an interrupted remote access connection
826433 PRB: Additional SQL Server diagnostics added to detect unreported I/O problems
826754 FIX: A deadlock occurs if you run an explicit UPDATE STATISTICS command
826815 FIX: You receive an 8623 error message in SQL Server when you try to run a query that has multiple correlated subqueries
826822 FIX: A member of the db_accessadmin fixed database role can create an alias for the dbo special user
826860 FIX: Linked server query may return NULL if it is performed through a keyset cursor
827175 FIX: Incorrect parameter numbering occurs in custom stored procedures that are generated with the sp_scriptpublicationcustomprocs stored procedure
827178 FIX: You may receive a 644 error message when you run concurrent transactions on a heap
827714 FIX: A query may fail with retail assertion when you use the NOLOCK hint or the READ UNCOMMITTED isolation level
827954 FIX: Slow execution times may occur when you run DML statements against tables that have cascading referential integrity
828096 FIX: Key locks are held until the end of the statement for rows that do not pass filter criteria
828269 FIX: A Transact-SQL query that uses views may fail unexpectedly in SQL Server 2000 SP3
828308 FIX: An Internet Explorer script error occurs when you access metadata information by using DTS in SQL Server Enterprise Manager
828637 FIX: Users can control the compensating change process in merge replication
828699 FIX: An access violation occurs when you run DBCC UPDATEUSAGE on a database that has many objects
828945 FIX: You cannot insert explicit values in an IDENTITY column of a SQL Server table by using the SQLBulkOperations function or the SQLSetPos ODBC function in SQL Server 2000
829183 FIX: The xp_sendmail extended stored procedure returns incorrect result set column widths when data in one of the result set columns contain DBCS characters in SQL Server 2000
829205 FIX: Query performance may be slow and may be inconsistent when you run a query while another query that contains an IN operator with many values is compiled
829386 FIX: You cannot install MSDE 2000 if the Server service is not running
829444 FIX: A floating point exception occurs during the optimization of a query
830262 FIX: Unconditional update may not hold key locks on new key values
830298 FIX: SQL Server 2000 SP3 may generate slower query plans and bad cardinality estimates
830366 FIX: An access violation occurs in SQL Server 2000 when a high volume of local shared memory connections occur after you install security update MS03-031
830375 FIX: The global variable @@ERROR may return an incorrect value after a remote procedure call
830382 FIX: Distributed queries may incorrectly use SQL Server startup account permissions when SQL Server is running in fiber mode
830395 FIX: An access violation occurs during compilation if the table contains statistics for a computed column
830466 FIX: You may receive an "Internal SQL Server error" error message when you run a Transact-SQL SELECT statement on a view that has many subqueries in SQL Server 2000
830588 FIX: Access violation when you trace keyset-driven cursors by using SQL Profiler
830596 FIX: You receive an error message when the xp_logininfo extended stored procedure runs
830767 FIX: SQL Query Analyzer may stop responding when you close a query window or open a file
830773 FIX: You receive an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION error message when you try to save a DTS package in SQL Server 2000
830860 FIX: The performance of a computer that is running SQL Server 2000 degrades when query execution plans against temporary tables remain in the procedure cache
830887 FIX: Some queries that have a left outer join and an IS NULL filter run slower after you install SQL Server 2000 post-SP3 hotfix
830912 FIX: Key names read from an .ini file for a Dynamic Properties task may be truncated
831302 FIX: SQL Server underestimates the cardinality of a query expression and query performance may be slow
831675 FIX: You may receive incorrect results when you run a query that contains a UNION ALL operator, a TOP clause, and an ORDER BY clause
831950 FIX: You receive error message 3456 when you try to apply a transaction log to a server
831997 FIX: An invalid cursor state occurs after you apply Hotfix 8.00.0859 or later in SQL Server 2000
831999 FIX: An AWE system uses more memory for sorting or for hashing than a non-AWE system in SQL Server 2000
832437 FIX: A CHECKDB statement reports corruption after SQL Server transfers sql_variant data in SQL Server 2000
832977 FIX: The DBCC PSS command may cause access violations and 17805 errors in SQL Server 2000
833045 FIX: The xp_sendmail extended stored procedure does not run successfully in SQL Server 2000 SP2 or later
833406 FIX: Cardinality estimates for literals that are outside the histogram range are very low
833547 FIX: Restoring a SQL Server 7.0 database backup in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) may cause an assertion error in the Xdes.cpp file
833710 FIX: You receive an error message when you try to restore a database backup that spans multiple devices
834290 FIX: You receive a 644 error message when you run an UPDATE statement and the isolation level is set to READ UNCOMMITTED
834451 FIX: Restoring transaction log files takes longer than expected in SQL Server 2000
834453 FIX: The Snapshot Agent may fail after you make schema changes to the underlying tables of a publication
834688 FIX: You may receive a 913 error message if your query includes user-defined functions, derived tables, and JOINs
834720 Fix: An error in a remote procedure call does not roll back the local operation
834798 FIX: SQL Server 2000 may not start if many users try to log in to SQL Server when SQL Server is trying to start
834923 FIX: The SQL Server cluster resource may be marked as Fail when you try to take it offline
835864 FIX: Intermittent query slowdowns and corresponding high CPU utilization
836096 FIX: You may receive a 625 error message when you run a query that has a query plan that uses a nested loop join strategy
836136 FIX: The compile time for a query that uses at least one outer join may be greater for SQL Server post-SP3 builds
836141 FIX: An access violation exception may occur when SQL Server runs many parallel query processing operations on a multiprocessor computer
836839 FIX: Extended stored procedures in SQL Server 2000 may take longer to run when multiple users run the extended stored procedures at the same time
837231 FIX: Distribution Agent may fail after you add or drop a column for a published article
837401 FIX: Rows are not successfully inserted into a table when you use the BULK INSERT command to insert rows
837890 FIX: The CPU column in the sysprocesses system table contains a negative value or an abnormal variation for some processes
837957 FIX: When you use Transact-SQL cursor variables to perform operations that have large iterations, memory leaks may occur in SQL Server 2000
837969 FIX: You may receive an access violation in the CRowsetTraceData::FGetNextRow function when you trace server activity with SQL Profiler
837970 FIX: You may receive an "Invalid object name" error message when you run the DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS Transact-SQL statement on a table in SQL Server 2000
838409 FIX: SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and later builds may not generate an execution plan for a query, and you receive error message 8623
838459 FIX: You may receive a BPool::Map warning when you create or rebuild indexes by using the awe enabled configuration option
838460 FIX: The xp_logininfo procedure may fail with error 8198 after you install Q825042 or any hotfix with SQL Server 8.00.0840 or later
839096 FIX: An access violation exception may occur when you use PDH APIs to collect performance data for several instances of SQL Server at the same time
839280 FIX: SQL debugging does not work in Visual Studio .NET after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2
839458 FIX: An access violation exception may occur when you try to perform a Bulk Import operation to insert data in a SQL Server table
839523 FIX: An access violation exception may occur when you update a text column by using a stored procedure in SQL Server 2000
839529 FIX: 8621 error conditions may cause SQL Server 2000 64-bit to close unexpectedly
839589 FIX: The thread priority is raised for some threads in a parallel query
839688 FIX: Profiler RPC events truncate parameters that have a text data type to 16 characters
839884 FIX: A System.ExecutionEngineException exception occurs when you try to access the DTS DynamicPropertiesTaskAssignments collection
840166 FIX: The dynamic Snapshot Agent may fail when you use a dynamic snapshot for merge publications in SQL Server 2000
840208 FIX: You receive a "Msg 8649" error message when you execute the DBCC CHECKDB statement in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
840406 FIX: Queries that join a view may run slowly if the view contains outer joins
840856 FIX: The MSSQLServer service exits unexpectedly in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
841401 FIX: You may notice incorrect values for the "Active Transactions" counter when you perform multiple transactions on an instance of SQL Server 2000 that is running on an SMP computer
841404 FIX: You may receive a "The query processor could not produce a query plan" error message in SQL Server when you run a query that includes multiple subqueries that use self-joins
841627 FIX: SQL Server 2000 may underestimate the cardinality of a query expression under certain circumstances
841776 FIX: Additional diagnostics have been added to SQL Server 2000 to detect unreported read operation failures
843263 FIX: You may receive an 8623 error message when you try to run a complex query on an instance of SQL Server
843266 FIX: Shared page locks can be held until end of the transaction and can cause blocking or performance problems in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
843267 FIX: Dynamic cursor retrieves the same row two times when you update the non-clustered index key to the same value
843282 FIX: The Osql.exe utility does not run a Transact-SQL script completely if you start the program from a remote session by using a background service and then log off the console session
843534 FIX: You may receive a 3628 error in SQL Server 2000 when you query many items that have an IN clause
867798 FIX: The @date_received parameter of the xp_readmail extended stored procedure incorrectly returns the date and the time that an e-mail message is submitted by the sender in SQL Server 2000
867878 FIX: The Log Reader Agent may cause 17883 error messages
867879 FIX: Merge replication non-convergence occurs with SQL Server CE subscribers
867880 FIX: Merge Agent may fail with an "Invalid character value for cast specification" error message
870972 FIX: The performance of a DML operation that fires a trigger may decrease when the trigger execution plan recompiles repeatedly
870994 FIX: An access violation exception may occur when you run a query that uses index names in the WITH INDEX option to specify an index hint
872842 FIX: A CHECKDB statement reports a 2537 corruption error after SQL Server transfers data to a sql_variant column in SQL Server 2000
872843 FIX: The Log Reader Agent may fail and you receive an assertion error message
873446 FIX: An access violation exception may occur when multiple users try to perform data modification operations at the same time that fire triggers that reference a deleted or an inserted table in SQL Server 2000 on a computer that is running SMP
873482 FIX: The restore process may take longer to complete when SQL Server 2000 restores transaction log files as part of the log shipping process
875445 FIX: An access violation exception may occur when you try to access SQL Server on a computer that is running under low memory conditions
878500 FIX: An Audit Object Permission event is not produced when you run a TRUNCATE TABLE statement
878501 FIX: You may receive an error message when you run a SET IDENTITY_INSERT ON statement on a table and then try to insert a row into the table in SQL Server 2000
883415 FIX: A user-defined function returns results that are not correct for a query
884554 FIX: A SPID stops responding with a NETWORKIO (0x800) waittype in SQL Server Enterprise Manager when SQL Server tries to process a fragmented TDS network packet
884772 FIX: You may receive a 1203 error message when you perform a complex select query in SQL Server 2000 build 856 or a later version
884850 FIX: When you run ad-hoc queries in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, ad-hoc query processing performance degradation may occur
884853 FIX: Performance is slow when you update a subscribed table on a subscriber that uses queued updating in SQL Server 2000
884854 FIX: You receive the “Could not find stored procedure” error message when you perform transactional replication with queued updating in SQL Server 2000
884855 FIX: You receive an error message when you run a statement on a table that contains a trigger in SQL Server 2000
884856 FIX: The non-clustered index is corrupted after you perform a self-update query in SQL Server 2000
884864 FIX: You may receive incorrect results when you run a query in SQL Server 2000
885158 FIX: Section names are truncated to a total length of 254 characters when you use Data Transformation Services to create a Dynamic Properties task and you add an .ini file in SQL Server 2000
885290 FIX: An assertion error occurs when you insert data in the same row in a table by using multiple connections to an instance of SQL Server
885442 FIX: You receive a "Server: Msg 8624, Level 16, State 1, Line 3 Internal SQL Server error" error message when you compile a delete query that contains sub-queries that use NOT IN clauses in SQL Server 2000
886708 FIX: Inserting lots of text, ntext, or image data over multiple concurrent connections takes a long time in SQL Server 2000
887974 FIX: A fetch on a dynamic cursor can cause unexpected results in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
888008 FIX: Full-text queries that use the NEAR operator may return different results if the NEAR operands are reversed in SQL Server 2000
888429 FIX: LIKE pattern matching may consider half-width and full-width characters to be equal even if width-sensitive collation is specified
888444 FIX: You receive a 17883 error in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 or in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3a when a worker thread becomes stuck in a registry call
888998 FIX: A query that joins two tables on smalldatetime data type columns, may produce incorrect results in SQL Server 2000
889166 FIX: You receive a "Msg 3628" error message when you run an inner join query in SQL Server 2000
889170 FIX: You receive a "Not enough storage is available to complete this operation" error message when you run a Data Transformation Services package in SQL Server 2000
889239 FIX: Start times in the SQL Profiler are different for the Audit:Login and Audit:Logout events in SQL Server 2000
889266 FIX: A database is marked suspect when you open the database in SQL Server 2000
889314 FIX: Non-convergence may occur in a merge replication topology if the primary connection to the publisher is disconnected
890200 FIX: SQL Server 2000 stops listening for new TCP/IP Socket connections unexpectedly after error message 17882 is written to the SQL Server 2000 error log
890637 FIX: A 17883 error is written to the SQL Server 2000 error log and the LogWriter component does not yield correctly
890730 FIX: You receive a 17883 error message when you perform large in-memory sort operations in SQL Server 2000
890755 FIX: A "Server: Msg 7105" error message is repeatedly logged in the error log, assertions may be logged in the error log, and you receive a "Server: Msg 8929" error message in SQL Server 2000
890767 FIX: You receive a "Server: Msg 107, Level 16, State 3, Procedure TEMP_VIEW_Merge, Line 1" error message when the sum of the length of the published column names in a merge publication exceeds 4,000 characters in SQL Server 2000
890768 FIX: You experience non-convergence in a replication topology when you unpublish or drop columns from a dynamically filtered publication in SQL Server 2000
890925 FIX: The @@ERROR system function may return an incorrect value when you execute a Transact-SQL statement that uses a parallel execution plan in SQL Server 2000 32-bit or in SQL Server 2000 64-bit
890942 FIX: Some complex queries are slower after you install SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2 or SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
891017 FIX: SQL Server 2000 may stop responding to other requests when you perform a large deallocation operation
891201 FIX: Performance is significantly reduced when you set trace flag 9134 to prevent error message 601 in SQL Server 2000
891268 FIX: You receive a 17883 error message and SQL Server 2000 may stop responding to other requests when you perform large in-memory sort operations
891707 FIX: A decrease in ad-hoc query processing may occur when you submit many ad-hoc queries without using defined parameters in SQL Server 2000
892406 FIX: The setting for the precision and the scale of the data that is returned from a stored procedure output parameter is (38,0) when a null value is returned in SQL Server 2000
892451 BUG: You receive an "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" error message when you use a RIGHT OUTER JOIN clause in SQL Server 2000
892924 FIX: You receive a 7619 error message when you run a full text query that contains certain Japanese character strings on an instance of SQL Server 2000 that is running on a Windows 2000-based computer
REFERENCES
For a list of bugs that are fixed in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Service Pack 4 (SP4), click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
888800 A list of the bugs that are fixed in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Service Pack 4
Additional query words: fixlist sp4 sql package
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