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BUG: Opening Cursor on a Local Temp Table May Fail with Msg 16

Article ID: 161434

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2003

Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q161434

BUG #: 16401 (NT: 6.5)

SYMPTOMS

When you declare a cursor with an order by clause on a local temporary table, you may receive the following error message when you open the cursor:

Msg 16919, Level 16, State 1
Cannot open cursor--referenced object (NAME NOT RECOVERABLE) dropped
already

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, run the DECLARE and OPEN cursor statements in the same batch.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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