FIX: RPC Using SQL_PARAM_OUTPUT and SQL_PARAM_DEFAULT May Cause AV

The SQL Server process may experience multiple exceptions, generally access violations (AVs), and/or may stop unexpectedly if the first invocation of a given procedure is an SQL remote procedure call (RPC) event using the SQL_PARAM_OUTPUT and SQL_PARAM_DEFAULT bindings during initial submittal.

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

• Update the application to avoid the use of the SQL_PARAM_DEFAULT option.
  
  -or-
• Drop and re-create the procedure, adding the WITH RECOMPILE directive to the creation script. The following is an example:
  

  create procedure spTest @strData char(80) = "RD"
  WITH RECOMPILE
  as
  begin
     select 1
  end

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 1 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information, contact your primary support provider.