BUG: Error 924 When Cursor is Executed in DB in Single-User Mode (241363)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

This article was previously published under Q241363
BUG #: 56364 (SQLBUG_70)

SYMPTOMS

If a connection is processing a cursor in a database in single-user mode and another connection tries to use the database, both the connections produce the following error:
Server: Msg 924, Level 14, State 1, Procedure sp_cursorfetch, Line 9
Database '<db_name>' is already open and can only have one user at a time.
The processing of the cursor stops and returns multiple occurrences of the error 230 in the first connection:
Server: Msg 230, Level 14, State 1, Procedure sp_cursorfetch, Line 9
SELECT permission denied on column '<column_name>' of object '<table_name>', database '<db_name>', owner '<owner_name>'.
This happens with all types of concurrency and scroll options for the cursor.

WORKAROUND

  • Avoid using cursors when the database is in single-user mode.
  • Avoid attempts to make multiple connections to a database in single-user mode.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/16/2002
Keywords:kbBug kbDSupport KB241363