FIX: An access violation may occur when you remove all elements from the procedure cache for a linked server over an interrupted remote access connection (826376)

SYMPTOMS

You may receive an access violation exception if all the following conditions are true:

You connect to a linked SQL server by using remote access.
You run the DBCC FREEPROCCACHE Transact-SQL statement on the linked server to remove all elements from the procedure cache.
The remote access connection is interrupted when you remove all elements from the procedure cache.

You may notice the following short stack dump file that corresponds to the access violation:

* Short Stack Dump
* 004AE996 Module(sqlservr+000AE996) (CLob::DestroyDeep+00000026 Line 907+0000000F)
* 008CB71E Module(sqlservr+004CB71E) (CXVariant::ClearDeep+00000116 Line 4519+00000000)
* 004A4D82 Module(sqlservr+000A4D82) (CXVariant::Clear+00000022 Line 325+00000000)
* 004C6F66 Module(sqlservr+000C6F66) (CAutoClearXVariant::~CAutoClearXVariant+00000016 Line 2020+00000016)
* 006936A8 Module(sqlservr+002936A8) (CParamExchange::RestoreFromDbParams+00000588 Line 1168+0000000F)
* 00692787 Module(sqlservr+00292787) (CRpcInterfaces::Relay+00000AC1 Line 814+00000000)
* 00691C80 Module(sqlservr+00291C80) (CStmtExec::XretRemoteExec+00000422 Line 579+00000000)
* 00674325 Module(sqlservr+00274325) (CStmtExec::XretExecute+00000465 Line 561+00000041)
* 00608FD2 Module(sqlservr+00208FD2) (CMsqlExecContext::ExecuteStmts+00000560 Line 1578+00000010)
* 00608657 Module(sqlservr+00208657) (CMsqlExecContext::Execute+00000368 Line 1227+0000000C)
* 0063FAA0 Module(sqlservr+0023FAA0) (CSQLSource::Execute+000006D6 Line 1265+00000013)
* 007DEAFE Module(sqlservr+003DEAFE) (language_exec+00000A2B Line 735+00000000)
* 007E075E Module(sqlservr+003E075E) (process_commands+000001A1 Line 1765+00000009)
* 04CF74BD Module(ums+000074BD) (ProcessWorkRequests+00000292 Line 449+0000000D)
* 04CF6852 Module(ums+00006852) (ThreadStartRoutine+000000BD Line 263+00000007)
* 77C07E53 Module(MSVCRT+00027E53) (endthread+000000AA)
* 77E5D33B Module(kernel32+0001D33B) (RegisterWaitForInputIdle+00000043)

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) 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
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   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
   11-Jul-2003  17:04                  1,084,147  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      
   11-Jul-2003  16:56                  1,085,925  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     
   25-Jul-2003  21:45  2000.80.845.0   7,553,105  Sqlservr.exe     
   25-Jul-2003  21:45                 12,755,968  Sqlservr.pdb
   25-Jul-2003  21:44  2000.80.845.0     590,396  Sqlsort.dll      
   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 these files may also contain additional files.