FIX: Update Query That Uses Star Joins May Cause Access Violation

When you execute an update query that joins multiple tables that use star joins, an Access Violation (AV) may occur during the Query Optimization phase.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For additional 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 at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 4.

The problem does not occur on Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Golden or Service Pack 1 (SP1) builds.

The problem does not occur on Microsoft SQL Server 2000.