ODBC Connection Leak with DAO 3.6

Article ID: 254669 - View products that this article applies to.
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SYMPTOMS

When opening and closing multiple ODBC SQL pass through type recordsets using DAO 3.6, the number of ODBC connections to the backend database increases with each opened recordset.
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CAUSE

An internal change in DAO 3.6 and Microsoft Jet database engine 4.0 prevent the release of the ODBC connections, resulting in a connection leak. This problem does not occur when using Jet 3.5 and DAO 3.5.
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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ )
How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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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 first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.
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Properties

Article ID: 254669 - Last Review: April 7, 2006 - Revision: 3.1
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Data Access Components 2.1
  • Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5
  • Microsoft Data Access Objects 3.6
Keywords: 
kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbbug kbdao360fix kbdatabase kbfix kbjet kbwin2000sp1fix KB254669
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