FIX: RPC That Calls Another RPC Returns an Error Message and Incorrect Results (275619)

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

274799 INF: How to Obtain Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Run the code sample that follows to reproduce the error message:

--STEP 1 (on Server1)
sp_addlinkedserver @server='Server2'
go
use tempdb
go
create procedure proc1 @param1 int output as set @param1=10 return
go

--STEP 2 (on Server2)
sp_addlinkedserver @server='Server1'
go
use tempdb
go
create procedure proc2 @param2 int output, @param3 char(15) output as 
declare @v1 int 
exec Server1.tempdb.dbo.proc1 @v1 output
select @param2=20
select @param3='Text Message'
return
go

-- STEP 3 (on server1)
declare @a1 int, @a2 char15)
exec server2.tempdb.dbo.proc2 @a1 output, @a2 output
select @a1, @a2
go

RESULT: This error message appears:

OLE/DB provider returned message: Multiple-step operation completed with one or more errors. Check each status value.

This result is returned:

----------- --------------- 
10 20 

(1 row(s) affected)

The expected outcome is no error message and this result: