FIX: SP2 Regression: 8624 Error Might Occur When You Modify a Table with a Complex Query

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This article was previously published under Q259141

BUG #: 57806 (SQLBUG_70)

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SYMPTOMS

A complex data modification query (an insert, update or delete) on a table that has multiple non-clustered indexes, which are based on some of the same columns, might cause the following error message to occur on the client during the compilation of the query:

Server: Msg 8624, Level 16, State 1
Internal SQL Server error.

If this error message occurs, the query does not run.

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WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, you can try the following:

Rearrange and remove redundant indexes on the affected table.

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If it is possible that parts of the query are run in parallel, use the MAXDOP 1 query hint to prevent parallelism, which can prevent the error message.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 2. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 2. For information about how to download and install the latest SQL Server Service Pack, see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/downloads/servicepacks.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/downloads/servicepacks.mspx)

For more information, contact your primary support provider.

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