FIX: Load and Recovery of a Read-Only Database May Cause AV

• Microsoft SQL Server, versions 6.0 and 6.5

       16345 (Windows NT: 6.5)

SYMPTOMS

When you run either a LOAD DATABASE or a LOAD TRANSACTION command on a read- only database after restarting the SQL Server, you may receive a handled access violation (AV) or SQL Server may stop responding. You may also find the following errors in the SQL Server errorlog:

   bufdiscard: warning, page 8448 (bp 0x945000) is hashed stat0x1064/0,
      bhash=0x942d80
   getindex: bp not special, ipageno = 0, bpageno = 0x18, stat = 0/0
   kernel   WARNING: Process being freed while holding Dataserver semaphore

WORKAROUND

Do not use the read-only option when loading a database or transaction log dump. Note that simply disabling this option before loading does not resolve the problem. If a database has been marked read-only and you need to load a database dump, you must first drop and re-create that database.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server versionS 6.0 and 6.5. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. For more information, contact your primary support provider.