KB960770 - FIX: You receive error 605 and error 824 when you run a query that inserts data into a temporary table in SQL Server

Symptoms

In SQL Server 2008, you run a query that inserts data into a temporary table. The insert statement contains a subquery that references the same temporary table. When you run the query, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:

If you run the query again, you receive an error message that resembles the following:

In some cases, you may also receive an error message that resembles the following: 

A possible query construct that can produce these errors is as follows:

insert #table1
select s.col1, s.col2
from #table2 s inner loop join #table1 t 
on s.col3 = t.col3 

Resolution

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 3. 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:

960484 Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2008Note 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:

956909 The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 was releasedAfter you install this cumulative update package, you have to enable trace flag 4135. To do this, you can add the -T4135 startup parameter. Or, you can use the dbcc traceon(4135) statement for a specific session.

Workaround

To work around this issue, add a column that has both a clustered primary key and an identity property to the temporary table. For example, run the following statement to change the temporary table:

ALTER TABLE #TempTable
ADD id integer IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT id PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED

Status

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

More Information

Although you encounter error message 824 or 605, the database does not become corrupted. Also, these error messages reference pages from the tempdb database.

For more information about what files are changed, and for information about any prerequisites to apply the cumulative update package that contains the hotfix that is described in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

960484 Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2008

References

For more information about the list of builds that are available after the release of SQL Server 2008, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

956909 The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 was released

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:

822499New naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packagesFor 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