BUG: You receive an "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" error message when you use a RIGHT OUTER JOIN clause in SQL Server 2000 (892451)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Evaluation Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Workgroup Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE)
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition 64 bit
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition 64-bit

Bug #: 363638 (SQL Server 8.0)
SQL Server 8.0:363638

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft SQL Server 2000, when you run a query that contains a RIGHT OUTER JOIN clause, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:

ODBC: Msg 0, Level 19, State 1
SqlDumpExceptionHandler: Process 52 generated fatal exception c0000005 EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. SQL Server is terminating this process.

Connection Broken

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

STATUS

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

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to reproduce the problem

To reproduce this problem, run the following query in SQL Query Analyzer:

USE pubs
go
SELECT *
FROM titles t
RIGHT OUTER JOIN publishers
ON publishers.pub_id=t.pub_id
AND t.ytd_sales = (
  SELECT max(ytd_sales)
    FROM titles
  WHERE publishers.pub_id=titles.pub_id
)
go

Note After you run this query, you receive the error message and the SQL Server connection is broken.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	4/13/2005
Keywords:	kbBug kbtshoot kbfix KB892451 kbAudDeveloper