Article ID: 892451
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 #: 363638 (SQL Server 8.0)
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft SQL Server 2000, when you run a query that contains a RIGHT OUTER JOIN clause, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:
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
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 problem
To reproduce this problem, run the following query in SQL Query Analyzer:
USE pubs
go
SELECT *
FROM titles t
RIGHT OUTER JOIN publishers
ON publishers.pub_id=t.pub_id
AND t.ytd_sales = (
SELECT max(ytd_sales)
FROM titles
WHERE publishers.pub_id=titles.pub_id
)
go
Note After you run this query, you receive the error message and the SQL Server connection is broken.
Additional query words: AV SQL2000
Keywords: kbtshoot kbbug kbfix KB892451
