FIX: AV Selecting from VIEW with DISTINCT and Join (161726)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 2 and later

This article was previously published under Q161726

BUG #: 16361 (Windows NT: 6.5)

SYMPTOMS

You may receive a handled access violation (AV) when you attempt to select from a view that was created with a DISTINCT clause, and there is a natural JOIN between base tables inside a stored procedure.

When the access violation occurs, you may find the following error message in the SQL Server errorlog:

spid10 EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION raised, attempting to create symptom
dump kernel The current contents of process' input buffer are 'exec myproc'

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, place the SELECT statement of the stored procedure inside an EXEC() statement.

For example, if the SELECT against the view was the following:

   select * from view

Change the statement to:

   exec("select * from view")

Otherwise, move the query outside of the stored procedure, or avoid using the DISTINCT keyword in the view definition.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5 Service Pack 1 and 2. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. For more information, contact your primary support provider.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/3/2003
Keywords:	kbBug kbfix kbusage KB161726