BUG: Current Activity Blank in Enterprise Manager 6.5

• Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5

SYMPTOMS

After ensuring the tempdb 'Select into/Bulk copy' option is set to TRUE (as noted in article Q149695, "PRB: Current Activity in SEM May Not Be Displayed" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base), the SQL Server Enterprise Manager 6.5 Current Activity will still be blank. If you open an ISQL/W window, connect to the SQL Server's master database, and run the sp_processinfo stored procedure, the following error is returned:

Msg 2812, Level 16, State 4
Stored procedure 'sp_processinfo' not found

CAUSE

During the upgrade or installation of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 6.5, the Procsyst.sql script is run against the master database. This script builds certain temporary tables in the tempdb database. If 'Select into/Bulk copy' is set to FALSE for the tempdb database when this script is run, the following stored procedures may fail to be created within the master database:

   sp_processinfo
   sp_dropsegment
   sp_lockinfo
   sp_helpsort
   sp_who2 

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

• Enable 'Select into/Bulk copy' through Enterprise Manager.
  
  -or-



• Run the following statement from a query window:
  

  
        sp_dboption tempdb, 'Select into/Bulk copy', TRUE
   

  Then rerun the Procsyst.sql script against the master database.
  
  NOTE: If you have installed SQL Server Service Pack 1, run the Procsyst.sql script that is shipped with SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 1.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: SP1

Keywords : kbtool kbusage SSrvEntMan SSrvISQL SSrvStProc kbbug6.50
Version : 6.5
Platform : WINDOWS
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