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ODBC Connection Leak with DAO 3.6

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Symptoms

When opening and closing multiple ODBC SQL pass through type recordsets using DAO 3.6, the number of ODBC connections to the backend database increases with each opened recordset.

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Cause

An internal change in DAO 3.6 and Microsoft Jet database engine 4.0 prevent the release of the ODBC connections, resulting in a connection leak. This problem does not occur when using Jet 3.5 and DAO 3.5.

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Resolution

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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Status

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 Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.

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Keywords: KB254669, kbwin2000sp1fix, kbjet, kbfix, kbdatabase, kbdao360fix, kbbug, kbhotfixserver, kbqfe

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Article Info
Article ID : 254669
Revision : 4
Created on : 4/7/2006
Published on : 4/7/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 280