FIX: Incorrect Remoting of a Predicate As a Sub-SELECT Function After SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 Upgrade (815592)

SYMPTOMS

After you upgrade from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server Service Pack 3 (SP3), a query that contains an ORDER BY clause and performs a SELECT INTO or INSERT SELECT query against a linked server may be incorrectly remoted as a Sub-SELECT function. If the linked server provider does not support Sub-SELECT functions, the provider may generate an error. The error you receive (that the provider generates) depends on the provider.

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For additional 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

Hotfix information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   26-Feb-2003  03:41  2000.80.777.0      29,244  Dbmslpcn.dll
   08-Feb-2003  05:43                    786,432  Distmdl.ldf
   08-Feb-2003  05:43                  2,359,296  Distmdl.mdf
   30-Jan-2003  01:55                        180  Drop_repl_hotfix.sql
   01-Feb-2003  00:32  2000.80.763.0   1,557,052  Dtsui.dll
   30-Jan-2003  05:18                    746,470  Instdist.sql
   30-Jan-2003  01:55                      1,402  Inst_repl_hotfix.sql
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0      90,692  Msgprox.dll      
   08-Feb-2003  03:53                  1,065,895  Replmerg.sql
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0     221,768  Replprov.dll
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0     307,784  Replrec.dll
   30-Jan-2003  05:18                  1,084,318  Replsys.sql
   28-Feb-2003  01:34  2000.80.778.0     176,696  Sqlmap70.dll
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0      57,920  Sqlrepss.dll
   03-Mar-2003  19:15  2000.80.780.0   7,516,241  Sqlservr.exe
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0      45,644  Sqlvdi.dll
   26-Feb-2003  03:41  2000.80.777.0      29,244  Ssmslpcn.dll
   26-Feb-2003  03:41  2000.80.777.0      82,492  Ssnetlib.dll
   28-Feb-2003  01:34  2000.80.778.0      98,872  Xpweb70.dll

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains these files may also contain additional files.

MORE INFORMATION

If you review the execution plan for the query, you can see the remoting of the Sub-SELECT function in the "RemoteQuery" node of the execution plan. The following query demonstrates the incorrect remoting of the query:

declare @startDate 	datetime
declare @endDate 	datetime

select @startDate = '2003-01-15'
select @startDate = '1998-06-03'

select 	orderID, customerID, employeeID 
into	tTemp
from 	[remoteServer].northwind.dbo.orders
where	customerID in ('NORTS', 'BLAUS', 'GREAL')
  and	requiredDate >= @startDate
  and	requiredDate <= @endDate
order by customerID, requiredDate

The following text is the truncated execution plan for the query:

|--Table Insert(OBJECT:([tTemp])
     |--Top(ROWCOUNT est 0)
          |--Sort(ORDER BY:([ryanston-lptp].[northwind].[dbo].[orders].[CustomerID] ASC...
               |--Remote Query(SOURCE:(ryanston-lptp), QUERY:(SELECT Col1019,Col1017,Col1016,Col1015 FROM (SELECT Tbl1001."OrderID" Col1015,Tbl1001."CustomerID" Col1016,Tbl1001."EmployeeID" Col1017