0xC00E004C error returned from the MSMQMessage.Send()Method (327815)

CAUSE

The Send method of the MSMQMessage object sends a message to a destination queue. The Receive method of the MSMQQueue object retrieves the first message in a queue, and then removes the message from the queue when the message is read.

By default, the Send method and the Receive method use a MQ_MTS_TRANSACTION transaction constant. This constant specifies that the call is part of the current Component Services (COM+) or Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) transaction. Therefore, when these methods are called, the parent Message Queuing COM object tries to enlist in any calling transactions, and then continues under the context of the calling transaction. If these methods are not called from the context of a transaction, then they continue non-transacted.

Before the release of Windows 2000 SP3, if the Send method and the Receive method were called with the MQ_MTS_TRANSACTION parameter under the context of a transaction, the methods succeeded. This occurred even if the methods could not enlist in the available transaction because of a Distributed Transaction Controller (DTC) failure. Generally, this is not a problem, because on a non-clustered Windows 2000 Server, these methods cannot be invoked unless the DTC service starts. Message Queuing depends on the DTC Service.

However, this behavior is problematic if MSMQMessage.Send() or MSMQQueue.Receive() is called from a Message Queuing COM object that is derived from a clustered Message Queuing Resource. A clustered Message Queuing Resource does not depend on the DTC Service running. The DTC Service can be shutdown during cluster failover, or for other reasons.

Transaction semantics fail for the MSMQMessage.Send() method as follows:

If the DTC Service is shutdown, the MSMQMessage.Send() method is called under the context of a transaction. A subsequent attempt to abort the send is made by using the COM+ SetAbort() method. The attempt to abort fails, and the sent message is not removed from the local destination queue or the local outgoing queue. This does not cause data loss, but it does break transaction semantics.

Transaction semantics fail for the MSMQMessage.Receive() method as follows:

If the DTC Service is shutdown, the MSMQQueue.Receive() method is called under the context of a transaction. A subsequent attempt to abort the receive is made by using the COM+ SetAbort() method. Data loss can occur. If a call to MSMQQueue.Receive() is made, the received message is removed from the local queue. If a transacted call to MSMQQueue.Receive() is aborted by using SetAbort(), the message is placed back in the queue from where it was originally removed. If a transacted call to MSMQQueue.Receive() is made and subsequently aborted, and the DTC Service is unavailable, SetAbort() fails, and data loss occurs. The message is not placed back in the queue from where it was originally removed.

In Windows 2000 SP3, if the DTC Service is not available and you call MSMQMessage.Send() and MSMQQueue.Receive(), the methods always fail. This change restores correct transaction semantics, but it also causes any non-transacted calls to these methods to fail if the DTC Service is not available.

RESOLUTION

Service Pack Information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

Hotfix Information

A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next that contains this hotfix.

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   21-Oct-2002   20:31   5.0.0.759    14,096    Mq1sync.exe 
   19-Dec-2002   21:37   5.0.0.764    75,408    Mqac.sys 
   15-Jan-2003    17:01  5.0.0.760    217,360   Mqads.dll 
   30-Oct-2002   16:43   5.0.0.761    25,360    Mqbkup.exe 
   15-Jan-2003   17:01   5.0.0.750    76,560    Mqdscli.dll 
   15-Jan-2003   17:01   5.0.0.735    41,744    Mqdssrv.dll 
   21-Oct-2002   20:31   5.0.0.759    98,064    Mqmig.exe 
   15-Jan-2003   17:01   5.0.0.759    265,488   Mqmigrat.dll 
   15-Jan-2003   17:01   5.0.0.740    222,480   Mqoa.dll 
   15-Jan-2003   17:01   5.0.0.762    8,464     Mqperf.dll 
   15-Jan-2003   17:01   5.0.0.765    425,232   Mqqm.dll 
   15-Jan-2003   17:01   5.0.0.765    102,672   Mqrt.dll 
   15-Jan-2003   17:01   5.0.0.759    70,928    Mqsec.dll 
   15-Jan-2003   17:01   5.0.0.762    23,824    Mqupgrd.dll 
   15-Jan-2003   17:01   5.0.0.763    110,352   Mqutil.dll 
   15-Jan-2003   17:01   5.0.0.748    64,784    Msmq.cpl