FIX: When You Store an ActiveX Data Objects Recordset Object Session in Internet Information Server 5.0 (262681)

SYMPTOMS

When an ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) recordset is stored in a session variable that is in an Active Server Pages (ASP) application, you may get one of the following error messages:

Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01FB)
An exception occurred: 'Session'

-or-

Active Server Pages, ASP 0241 (0x80004005)
The CreateObject of '(null)' caused exception C0000005.

-or-

Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01FB)
An exception occurred: 'Open'

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the session variables in Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0 are stored in the Global Interface Table (GIT), and this causes an access violation with an open recordset when it is stored in a session variable.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.6 or later.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

To reproduce the behavior, perform the following steps:

Create an ASP page on IIS 5.0 with the following code:

<%
   Dim oConn, oRs
	
   Set oConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
   Set oRs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") 
		
   oConn.Open "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Data Source=<ServerName>;User Id=sa;Initial Catalog=Northwind"

   Set oRs.ActiveConnection = oConn
   oRs.CursorLocation = 3
	
   oRs.Open "SELECT * FROM Employees"
   Set oRs.ActiveConnection = Nothing
   
   oConn.Close
   Set oConn = Nothing

   'Bug occurs if ADO Recordset is stored in Session 
variable after opening
   Set Session("session_recordset") = oRs

   Do While Not oRs.EOF
      Response.Write oRs("LastName") & "<BR>"
      oRs.MoveNext 
   Loop

   oRs.Close
   Set oRs = Nothing     	
	
%>

Browse the ASP page you created, and then refresh the ASP page. One of the error messages is displayed after you refresh the ASP page.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249175 FIX: Storing an ADO Recordset in GIT Might Cause An Access Violation

248287 INFO: Understanding ADO Marshaling