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Microsoft distributes Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft SQL Server 2012 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2012 fix release.

Symptoms

Assume that you run a query that uses parallelism in the query execution plan in Microsoft SQL Server 2008, in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 or in Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The query uses the PIVOT or UNPIVOT relational operator, and contains at least one parameter in a select list. In this situation, execution of the query fails, and the following error message is displayed:

Msg 0, Level 11, State 0, Line 0
A severe error occurred on the current command. The results, if any, should be discarded.


The following error message is also logged in the SQL Server error log file:

<Date> <Time> spid## SqlDumpExceptionHandler: Process 66 generated fatal exception c0000005 EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. SQL Server is terminating this process.
<Date><Time> Server Error: 17310, Severity: 20, State: 1.
<Date><Time> Server A user request from the session with SPID 66 generated a fatal exception. SQL Server is terminating this session. Contact Product Support Services with the dump produced in the log directory.


Additionally, an access violation occurs in the sqlservr!CScaOp_Identifier::CScaOp_Identifier class.

Cause

This issue occurs because the query optimizer tries to put a constant expression into the list of columns in the exchange operator.

Resolution

Cumulative update information

Cumulative update 7 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 7. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2844090 Cumulative update package 7 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2Note 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 Service Pack 2 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:

2730301 The SQL Server 2008 R2 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 was released

SQL Server 2008 R2


The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 14. 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:

2703280 Cumulative Update package 14 for SQL Server 2008 R2 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:

981356 The SQL Server 2008 R2 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 R2 was released

SQL Server 2012

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2012. For more information about this cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2703275 Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2012Note 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 2012 fix release. Microsoft recommends 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:

2692828 The SQL Server 2012 builds that were released after SQL Server 2012 was released You must apply a SQL Server 2012 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2012.

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3. 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:

2696626 Cumulative Update package 5 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3Note 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 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:

2629969 The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 was released

Status

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

References

For more information about the Incremental Servicing Model for SQL Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

935897 An Incremental Servicing Model is available from the SQL Server team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems
For more information about the naming schema for SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

822499 Naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packages
For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Workaround

To work around this issue, avoid parallelism in the query by using one of the following methods:

  • Add the MAXDOP 1 query hint option.

  • Set the Max Degree of Parallelism configuration option to 1.

Note When you use either of these workaround methods, you experience decreased performance. Instead, we recommend that you apply this hotfix to resolve the issue that is described in the "Symptoms" section.

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