BUG: Desktop Exception on Connects with Server Name

ID: Q119913

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2x

BUG# NT: 903 (4.2)

SYMPTOMS

If multiple connections are made to a Desktop SQL Server where the server name was specified, SQL Server may fail with an access violation.

If a user attempts four concurrent connections to a Desktop SQL Server, where they specify the server name, the fourth connection will fail with a 17835 error (Configured for Local Access Only). SQL Server will generate a Dr. Watson window:

SQLSERVR.EXE had an access violation (0xc0000005), address: 0x00282832.

WORKAROUND

Do not specify the server name when making a connection to a Desktop server. Always leave the server name blank, or in the SQL Tools connect box, select the (local) entry.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: Windows NT

Keywords : kbother kbbug4.20 SSrvWinNT
Version : 4.2
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :