BUG: DBCC Traceon(3604,4031) Causes Unhandled Access Violation

Last reviewed: May 2, 1997
Article ID: Q152046

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server, version 6.0

BUG#: 13262 (6.00)

SYMPTOMS

Using the combination of trace flags 3604 (Sends trace output to the client) and 4031 (Prints both a byte and ASCII representation of the send buffers) can crash the server with an unhandle access violation and stack overflow.

For example:

dbcc traceon(3604) go dbcc traceon(4031) go

WORKAROUND

Use send trace output to the Errorlog file:

dbcc traceon(3605) go dbcc traceon(4031) go

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 6.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

This problem does not occur in SQL 6.5.

Additional query words: SQL6 TRACEFLAG
Keywords : kbbug6.00 kbprg SSrvProg
Version : 6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kberrmsg

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Last reviewed: May 2, 1997
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