BUG: Startup Stored Procedure Using sp_OACreate Fails

• Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5

SYMPTOMS

A startup stored procedure that uses sp_OACreate fails with the following error returned to the error log:

Stored function 'sp_OACreate' in the library 'odsole32.dll' generated
access violation; SQL Server is terminating process 10

WORKAROUND

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

• Do not use the startup stored procedure; an alternative is to use a scheduled task to run the procedure at an appropriate time.
  
  -or-



• Use xp_cmdshell within a startup stored procedure to run the required stored procedure using ISQL, as in the following example:
  

  
        CREATE PROC TheStartUp AS
           execute master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'isql /E /Q"execute <sp_name>" '
        go
  
        sp_makestartup TheStartUp
        go
   

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 6.5.

Additional query words: errorlog st proc stproc sproc

Keywords : SSrvAdmin SSrvStProc SSrvTran_SQL kbbug6.50
Version : WINNT:6.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug