Stack overflow occurs when you run a query that contains a large number of arguments inside an IN or a NOT IN clause in SQL Server (288095)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Evaluation Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q288095
BUG #: 235727 (shiloh_bugs)
BUG #: 58274 (sqlbug_70)
SYMPTOMS
Queries that contain a large number of arguments (thousands) inside an IN or a NOT IN clause may generate a stack overflow. For example, the following query results in a stack overflow:
SELECT max(au_id) FROM authors WHERE au_id IN(1,2,5,......,11571)
-- Query contains over 11570 arguments.
The SQL Server error log contains information similar to the following when the stack overflow occurs:
2000-08-10 12:02:37.87 spid51 08/10/00 12:02:37 Stack Overflow Dump not possible - Exception c00000fd E at 0x00587286
2000-08-10 12:02:37.87 spid51 Address=587286 Exception Code = c00000fd
2000-08-10 12:02:37.87 spid51 eax=195922d0 ebx=19592338 ecx=2ad0e938 edx=00000007
2000-08-10 12:02:37.87 spid51 esi=196ce2c8 edi=19592180 eip=00587286 esp=2ac93000
2000-08-10 12:02:37.87 spid51 ebp=2ac93028 efl=00010202
2000-08-10 12:02:37.87 spid51 cs=1b ss=23 ds=23 es=23 fs=38 gs=0
2000-08-10 12:02:37.87 spid51 1: Return Address 00587286
2000-08-10 12:02:37.87 spid51 2: Return Address 0058728B.................
In some cases, SQL Server may actually shutdown as a result of the stack overflow.
WORKAROUND
Rewrite the query and use a #temp table to contain the values in the IN list instead of using an IN clause. For example, the preceding query can be re-written like this:
CREATE TABLE #IN_values (au_id char(4))
INSERT INTO #IN_values select au_id FROM Table_with_values_123456789...
SELECT max(au_id)
FROM authors as A
JOIN #IN_values as I ON (A.au_id = I.au_id)
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/25/2006 |
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Keywords: | kbprb kbpending KB288095 kbAudDeveloper kbAudITPRO |
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