BUG: BCP Fails with Unhandled Exception on MIPS Servers

• Microsoft SQL Server version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

The bulk copy of data into a table on a MIPS computer will fail with an unhandled exception in Bcp.exe. The exception occurs only when a format file is used to conduct the bulk copy operation. Character mode BCP works correctly. The bulk copy operation of a data file, when using a format file fails with the following error message on the MIPS computer:

    BCP.exe  Application error.
     The instruction at "----" referenced memory at " ----". The memory
   could not be written.
     C++ debugger says "Unhandled exception in BCP.exe [NTWDBLIB.DLL]:
   0xc0000005 :: Access Violation.

WORKAROUND

You can work around this problem by remotely conducting the operation from an Intel machine. Thereafter, from a local MIPS computer, you can use character-mode BCP to store data in a file. This data file can then be used to bulk copy into the table using character mode BCP as need be.

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.