FIX: You receive error message 7410 when you use a distributed query as a query parameter for the xp_sendmail stored procedure or the sp_makewebtask stored procedure in SQL Server 2000 (823429)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3), when you pass a distributed query to the @query parameter of the xp_sendmail stored procedure or the sp_makewebtask stored procedure, the procedure may fail and you may receive the following error message:

Server: Msg 7410, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Remote access not allowed for Windows NT user activated by SETUSER.

This problem only occurs when a SQL Server 2000 SP3 instance runs the stored procedures with a distributed query. The version of the linked server is not important.

Note The same distributed queries ran successfully in earlier versions of Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

There is more than one symptom for this problem. In the following case, the sp_makewebtask stored procedure may or may not use a distributed query. When you run a stored procedure that calls the sp_makewebtask stored procedure as a SQL Server Agent job and the SQL Server Agent is configured to run under the Local System account, the job may fail. You may also receive the following error message:

Executed as user: Job Owner. SQL Web Assistant: Could not execute the SQL
statement. SQLSTATE 42000 (Error 16805) Associated statement is not prepared SQLSTATE
HY007 (Error 0). The step failed.

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
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   31-May-2003  18:45  2000.80.818.0      78,400  Console.exe      
   25-Jun-2003  01:01  2000.80.818.0      33,340  Dbmslpcn.dll     
   25-Apr-2003  02:12                    786,432  Distmdl.ldf
   25-Apr-2003  02:12                  2,359,296  Distmdl.mdf
   30-Jan-2003  01:55                        180  Drop_repl_hotfix.sql
   23-Jun-2003  22:40  2000.80.837.0   1,557,052  Dtsui.dll        
   23-Jun-2003  22:40  2000.80.837.0     639,552  Dtswiz.dll       
   24-Apr-2003  02:51                    747,927  Instdist.sql
   03-May-2003  01:56                      1,581  Inst_repl_hotfix.sql
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0      90,692  Msgprox.dll      
   01-Apr-2003  02:07                      1,873  Odsole.sql
   05-Apr-2003  01:46  2000.80.800.0      62,024  Odsole70.dll     
   07-May-2003  20:41  2000.80.819.0      25,144  Opends60.dll     
   07-May-2003  18:47                    132,096  Opends60.pdb
   02-Apr-2003  21:48  2000.80.796.0      57,904  Osql.exe         
   02-Apr-2003  23:15  2000.80.797.0     279,104  Pfutil80.dll     
   22-May-2003  22:57                     19,195  Qfe469571.sql
   12-Jun-2003  16:37                  1,083,989  Replmerg.sql
   04-Apr-2003  21:53  2000.80.798.0     221,768  Replprov.dll     
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0     307,784  Replrec.dll      
   05-May-2003  00:05                  1,085,874  Replsys.sql
   01-Jun-2003  01:01  2000.80.818.0     492,096  Semobj.dll       
   31-May-2003  18:27  2000.80.818.0     172,032  Semobj.rll
   29-May-2003  00:29                    115,944  Sp3_serv_uni.sql
   01-Jun-2003  01:01  2000.80.818.0   4,215,360  Sqldmo.dll       
   07-Apr-2003  17:44                     25,172  Sqldumper.exe    
   19-Mar-2003  18:20  2000.80.789.0      28,672  Sqlevn70.rll
   02-Jul-2003  00:18  2000.80.834.0     180,736  Sqlmap70.dll     
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0      57,920  Sqlrepss.dll     
   23-Jun-2003  22:40  2000.80.837.0   7,553,105  Sqlservr.exe     
   23-Jun-2003  22:40                 12,747,776  Sqlservr.pdb
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0      45,644  Sqlvdi.dll       
   25-Jun-2003  01:01  2000.80.818.0      33,340  Ssmslpcn.dll     
   01-Jun-2003  01:01  2000.80.818.0      82,492  Ssnetlib.dll     
   01-Jun-2003  01:01  2000.80.818.0      25,148  Ssnmpn70.dll     
   01-Jun-2003  01:01  2000.80.818.0     158,240  Svrnetcn.dll     
   31-May-2003  18:59  2000.80.818.0      76,416  Svrnetcn.exe     
   30-Apr-2003  23:52  2000.80.816.0      45,132  Ums.dll          
   30-Apr-2003  23:52                    132,096  Ums.pdb
   02-Jul-2003  00:19  2000.80.834.0      98,816  Xpweb70.dll

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

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use one of the following methods.

Use a global temporary table.

Use a global temporary table for intermediate storage, and then use the global temporary table in the sp_makewebtask stored procedure or in the xp_sendmail stored procedure instead of the linked server. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Store the linked server query output that you want in a global temporary table:
```
select * into ##tmpTable from [<Linked Server Name>].pubs.dbo.authors
 
```
2. Use the global temporary table instead of the linked server query in the @query parameter of the sp_makewebtask stored procedure or the xp_sendmail stored procedure:
```
 EXECUTE sp_makewebtask 'c:\test.htm',
 @query = 'select * from ##tmpTable',
 @resultstitle ='report title',
 @HTMLHeader=3
```
3. Drop the global temporary table:
```
DROP TABLE ##tmpTable
```
Use a flat text file.

Use a flat text file for intermediate storage of the linked server query output. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Store the linked server query output that you want in a flat text file:
```
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'osql.exe -E -Q"<Linked Server Query>" -oc:\testmail.txt'
```
2. Use the BCP utility to copy the data from the specified flat text file to a SQL Server table.
  
  For more information about how to copy a data file to SQL Server, visit the following MSDN Web site:
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/adminsql/ad_impt_bcp_4t9u.asp
3. Use the SQL Server table instead of the linked server in the @query parameter of the sp_makewebtask stored procedure or the xp_sendmail stored procedure:
```
EXECUTE sp_makewebtask 'c:\test.htm',
 @query = 'select * from <SQL Server Table>',
 @resultstitle ='report title',
 @HTMLHeader=3
```
  Note You may also specify multiple SELECT statements in the @query parameter if multiple SQL Server tables are created in step 2.
4. Drop the SQL Server table that was created in step 2.

Note For the xp_sendmail stored procedure, you can also work around the problem by storing the output of the linked server data in a text file, and then send the output file as an attachment by using the @attachment parameter of the xp_sendmail stored procedure.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Connect to an instance of SQL Server 2000 SP3 as a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.
Create a linked server in the current instance of SQL Server:
```
USE master
GO
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver '<Linked Server Name>'
```

Run the sp_makewebtask stored procedure, and use a distributed query for the parameter that accesses the data from the linked server:

EXECUTE sp_makewebtask 'c:\test.htm', 
@query = 'select * from [<Linked Server Name>].pubs.dbo.authors',
@resultstitle ='report title',
@HTMLHeader=3

Note The first error message that you receive after you run the code in step 3 is the error message that is shown in the "Symptoms" section. You also receive a second error message to notify you about the consequent failure of the sp_makewebtask stored procedure.

REFERENCES

For additional information about a SQL Server Agent job that uses a linked server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

811031 SQL Server Agent job fails when the job uses a linked server and the job owner is not a system administrator

For more information about the sp_makewebtask stored procedure or the xp_sendmail stored procedure, see the following topics in SQL Server 2000 Books Online:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_sp_ma-mz_2p0r.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_xp_aa-sz_6hbg.asp