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Article ID: 269412 - Last Review: October 3, 2003 - Revision: 5.2

FIX: Access Violation Occurs When You Call SQL Server Stored Procedure That Contains PRINT Statement

This article was previously published under Q269412

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SYMPTOMS

An access violation occurs when you call a SQL Server stored procedure that contains a PRINT statement that displays a string containing approximately 700 characters.

This occurs with the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server (SQLOLEDB).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was corrected in MDAC 2.6.


You can download MDAC 2.6 or later from the following Web address:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937729.aspx (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937729.aspx)

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Use the following SQL script to create a stored procedure that returns 700 bytes in a PRINT statement:
    CREATE PROCEDURE sp_Test2
    AS
    set nocount on
    declare @HTMLoutputx varchar(1000)
    select @HTMLoutputx = ''
    
    /* Create a text string containing more than 700 bytes. */ 
    WHILE LEN(@HTMLoutputx) <= 700 
    BEGIN
    	select @HTMLoutputx = @HTMLoutputx + 'TOO MUCH TEXT IS BAD!'
    END
    PRINT @HTMLoutputx
    					
  2. Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic.
  3. Set a Project Reference to the Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.5 Library.
  4. Add a command button named Command1 and insert the following code for the Click event handler:
    Private Sub Command1_Click()
    
    On Error GoTo MAIN_ERROR
    
    Dim adocnn As ADODB.Connection
    Dim adocmd As ADODB.Command
    Dim adorst As ADODB.Recordset
       
    Set adocnn = New ADODB.Connection
    adocnn.CursorLocation = adUseClient
    adocnn.Open "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=myServer;Database=northwind;uid=sa;pwd=;"
      
    Set adocmd = New ADODB.Command
    With adocmd
        .CommandText = "sp_Test2"
        .CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
        .ActiveConnection = adocnn
    End With
    
    ' Execute the command
    adocmd.Execute , , adExecuteNoRecords
    
    Set adocmd = Nothing
        
    adocnn.Close
    Set adocnn = Nothing
    
    Exit Sub
    
    MAIN_ERROR:
       MsgBox Err & " - " & Error$, vbCritical, "Error!"
       Exit Sub
    
    End Sub
    					
  5. Run the application. Click Command1 to see the access violation occur.

REFERENCES

For additional information about using PRINT statements and ADO, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
194792  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=194792/EN-US/ ) HOWTO: Retrieve Values in SQL Server Stored Procedures w/ ADO

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server 7.0
  • Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server 7.01
  • Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5
  • Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 Service Pack 3
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