Q138849 - BUG: DBCC NEWALLOC May Cause AV When Extent Chain Corrupt

BUG: DBCC NEWALLOC May Cause AV When Extent Chain Corrupt

Q138849

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server version 6.0

BUG# NT: 11757 (6.00)

SYMPTOMS

In cases where a corrupt extent chain exists in the database, a DBCC NEWALLOC command may stop execution when checking the corrupted object with an access violation in language_exec.

After this happens, the only way to stop the server is through a SHUTDOWN WITH NOWAIT command.

WORKAROUND

Since the problem indicates serious damage of your database, you must reload your database from the latest dump.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server versions 4.2x and 6.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: SQL6 windows nt corruption

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