FIX: An access violation occurs when you restore a database and run the sp_replcounters stored procedure at the same time on a server that is running SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2

Consider the following scenario:

• You have one server that is running replication in a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or in a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 environment.
• You have a second server that is running Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, and replication is disabled or is not installed.
• You restore a replicated database of the first server to the second server.
• During the database restore process, a user or application runs the stored procedure sp_replcounters on the second server.

In this scenario, an access violation may occur on the second server. Additionally, a stack dump file is created in the SQL Server log folder. When this issue occurs, you may have to restart the second server.

This problem occurs because the stored procedure sp_replcounters runs on a server where replication is disabled or not installed. When sp_replcounters tries to access the article cache, the database restore operation has already called clear_db_repl_cache to remove the database from the article cache before the database is added back into the article cache.

Cumulative update information

SQL Server 2008 R2

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 9. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008 R2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 R2 fix release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 R2 fix release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

SQL Server 2008

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 4. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 fix release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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