BUG: Access Violation Occurs When You Debug Stored Procedure (270061)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (all editions)

This article was previously published under Q270061
BUG #: 58179 (SQLBUG_70)
BUG #: 235205 (SHILOH_BUGS)

SYMPTOMS

The following error message may be returned to a Transact-SQL debugger, and reported in the SQL Server Errorlog, when you attempt to debug a Transact-SQL statement or a stored procedure:
SqlDumpExceptionHandler: Process %i generated fatal exception c0000005
EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. SQL Server is terminating this process.
The preceding error message appears in the Transact-SQL debugger included with Microsoft Visual C++, while the following error message appears in the Transact-SQL debugger included with Microsoft Visual Basic:
Process %i generated fatal exception c0000005
Because the client applications parse the error message, the exact error message may vary from client to client. The Transact-SQL debuggers included in various development environments in this case.

CAUSE

This error message occurs when the Configuration Function @@Servername returns Null.

To verify this, open Query Analyzer, connect to the server, and then run the following statement:
Select @@Servername
				
Normally, this code returns the Microsoft Windows NT machine name of the server.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, run the following statement from the Query Analyzer:
sp_addserver 'servername', 'local'
				
NOTE: servername is the Windows NT machine name. Stop, and then restart the SQL Server server.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/31/2003
Keywords:kbBug kbpending KB270061