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Q156758: BUG: Perfmon Terminates While Monitoring SQL Procedure Cache

Article: Q156758
Product(s): Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT Networking Issues
Version(s): winnt:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop
Last Modified: 12-FEB-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SQL Server 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you shut down SQL Server while you are monitoring any SQL Server - Procedure
Cache counter in Performance Monitor (Perfmon.exe), Perfmon.exe and Winlogon.exe
close with a Divide By Zero Exception error. If you run Perfmon.exe on the
Windows NT console, an Unhandled Exception error in SQLCTR60.DLL appears in
Perfmon.exe.

If you monitor the counter in Perfmon.exe from a client computer, the Exception
error occurs in Winlogon.exe and a STOP: 0xc000021a (Fatal System Error) screen
appears.

In addition, the following Application event appears in Event Viewer:

  Event ID: 8
  Source:  SQLCTR60.DLL
  Description: DB-LIBRARY error: Attempt to bind to a non-existent column.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem:

- Do not monitor SQL Server - Procedure Cache counters when you shut down SQL
  Server.

  -or-

- Use "On Demand Mode" for SQL Server Perfmon Integration. For more
  information, see the "Integration with Windows NT Performance Monitor"
  section in the SQL Server Administrator's Companion guide.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version
6.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbinterop 
Technology        : kbSQLServSearch kbAudDeveloper
Version           : winnt:

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