FIX: SQLDMO: DBFile.Shrink and LogFile.Shrink with SQLDMOShrink_EmptyFile Generates Invalid DBCC Command (247307)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

This article was previously published under Q247307

BUG #: 55507 (SQLBUG_70)

SYMPTOMS

When a SQL Distributed Management Object (DMO) program executes a statement like this:

DBFile.Shrink -1, SQLDMO.SQLDMOShrink_EmptyFile

-or-

LogFile.Shrink -1, SQLDMO.SQLDMOShrink_EmptyFile

The following error message occurs:

[SQL Server] Parameter 3 is incorrect for this DBCC statement.

CAUSE

The DBCC ShrinkFile statement generated by SQL DMO contains both the size and EMPTYFILE option even though there is no need to specify the second parameter (size) with the EMPTYFILE option.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

254561 INF: How to Obtain Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0

For more information, contact your primary support provider.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	3/14/2006
Keywords:	kbBug kbfix KB247307