FIX: A Memory Leak Occurs When You Incrementally Update Dimensions That Contain Member Properties (831045)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services 64 bit

BUG #: 14162 (Plato7x)
BUG #: 14139 (Plato7x)
BUG #: 14170 (Plato7x)
Plato 7x:14162
Plato 7x:14139
Plato 7x:14170

SYMPTOMS

When you incrementally update dimensions that contain member properties, the memory consumption of the Msmdsrv.exe process continues to increase, and some memory is not released as free memory after the processing is completed. This problem occurs when the data type of the member property is alphanumeric; this problem does not occur with numeric data types.

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For more 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
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   13-Sep-2003  22:50  8.0.806.0         217,668  Msmdcb80.dll     
   21-Oct-2003  02:55  8.0.0.872       4,059,716  Msmddo80.dll     
   21-Oct-2003  02:55  8.0.872.0       1,032,768  Msmdgd80.dll     
   13-Sep-2003  22:50  8.0.823.0         172,608  Msmdpump.dll     
   27-Sep-2003  03:02  8.0.0.864       9,638,468  Msmdsgn80.dll    
   21-Oct-2003  02:55  8.0.872.0       1,835,588  Msmdsrv.exe      
   21-Oct-2003  02:55  8.0.872.0       2,077,264  Msolap80.dll     
   10-May-2003  08:05  8.0.820.0         213,069  Msolap80.rll
Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains these files may also contain additional files.SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services 64-bit For additional information about a hotfix build that is designed for a server that is running SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services 64-bit or to find out if a fix is scheduled to be included in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services 64-bit Service Pack 4, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

825804 FIX: Hotfix information for build 8.0.872 of SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services 64-bit

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft product updates, tools, and add-ons


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/25/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbQFE kbSQLServ2000preSP4fix kbfix kbbug KB831045 kbAudDeveloper