KB187370 - FIX: Large Number of Client Disconnects May Cause an Access Violation in Open Data Services

Article ID: 187370

Article Last Modified on 7/19/2006

Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q187370

SYMPTOMS

If an Open Data Services (ODS) application, such as SQL Server, is processing a large number of client disconnection events, you may receive a handled access violation (AV) within Open Data Services.

Open Data Services is designed to shut down upon encountering an access violation. Therefore, when this problem occurs, the ODS application (such as SQL Server) will also be stopped.

With SQL Server, the ERRORLOG file will contain output that looks something like the following before the process exits:

   8/05/02 01:19:03.93 spid180  ******************************************
   8/05/02 01:19:03.96 spid180  *
   8/05/02 01:19:03.98 spid180  * STACK DUMP:
   8/05/02 01:19:03.98 spid180  *
   8/05/02 01:19:04.00 spid180  *   Exception Address = 002780ab
   8/05/02 01:19:04.01 spid180  *   Exception Code    = c0000005
   8/05/02 01:19:04.03 spid180  *   Access Violation occurred reading
                                    address 001a7a30

The following errors may also be seen prior to encountering this particular ODS Access Violation:

   98/05/13 13:56:14.93 ods      Error : 17832, Severity: 18, State: 0
   98/05/13 13:56:14.93 ods      Unable to read login packet(s).
   98/05/13 13:56:15.03 ods      Error : 17824, Severity: 10, State: 0
   98/05/13 13:56:15.03 ods      Unable to write to ListenOn connection
   '\\.\pipe\sql\query', loginname 'sa', hostname ''.
   98/05/13 13:56:15.03 ods      OS Error : 232, The pipe is being closed.
   98/05/13 13:56:15.06 ods      Error : 17824, Severity: 10, State: 0
   98/05/13 13:56:15.06 ods      Unable to write to ListenOn connection
   '\\.\pipe\sql\query', loginname 'sa', hostname ''.
   98/05/13 13:56:15.06 ods      OS Error : 109, The pipe has been ended.
   98/05/13 13:56:15.24 spid42   Error : 1608, Severity: 21, State: 2
   98/05/13 13:56:15.24 spid42   A network error was encountered while
   sending results to the front end. Check the SQL Server errorlog for more
   information.
   98/05/13 23:32:36.42 ods      Error : 17805, Severity: 18, State: 0
   98/05/13 23:32:36.42 ods      Invalid buffer received from client.

However, these errors can also be encountered without seeing an ODS Access Violation. For more information about troubleshooting errors 17824 and 17832, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 6.5. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 5 for Microsoft SQL Server 6.5. For information about how to download and install the latest SQL Server Service Pack, see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/downloads/servicepacks.mspx

For more information, contact your primary support provider.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem is not specific to the use of any network library or packet size. Because the problem is within Open Data Services, any ODS application may encounter this problem, not just SQL Server.

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