SMS: Prompted Queries May Return Bad Data and Hang MMC

ID: Q235752

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

When running prompted queries in Systems Management Server 2.0, the results may show up as blank records with an Icon at the left of each row. If you attempt to click on one of the blank rows, the MMC might hang. Trying to execute the same query code from Access using the ODBC / WBEM interface produces blank rows as well.

WORKAROUND

The following is WQL code for a query which does not work:


SELECT ..... FROM SMS_G_System_SoftwareFiles as swfile INNER JOIN SMS_R_SYSTEM as sys ON swfile.ResourceID = sys.ResourceID Where ...

The following change in the WQL code allows the query to run properly:


SELECT ..... FROM SMS_R_SYSTEM as sys INNER JOIN SMS_G_System_SoftwareFiles as swfile ON swfile.ResourceID = sys.ResourceID Where

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for Systems Management Server version 2.0. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords : kbSMS200 kbSMS200bug
Version : winnt:2.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug