Re: Hotfix question

From: Richard Waymire [MS] (rwaymi@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/28/03 

From: "Richard Waymire [MS]" <rwaymi@online.microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:36:33 -0800

I'll check and see if I can find more info. 

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Richard Waymire, MCSE, MCDBA
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"bob jones" <utefan001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:066901c2c6ea$288b9b40$8df82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA02...
> About a year ago, I submitted a bug to Microsoft SQL
> Support.  After a short time, I was told that this was an
> bug and Microsoft would build a hotfix.
> See: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%
> 3Ben-us%3B319212
>
> The instructions from Microsoft (below) led me to believe
> that applying any service pack or security fix would undo
> this hotfix that is mission critical to our datacenter.
>
> The package includes a README.TXT with details about how
> to install the hotfix.  This fix requires that SQL 7.0 SP3
> already be installed on the server.  We are beyond the
> cutoff date for fixes to make it into SP4 (currently in
> beta), so this fix will also be addressed in a post-SP4
> QFE rollup build to be released after SP4.  In other
> words, when SP4 comes out, don&#8217;t apply it until you have
> the SP4 QFE rollup build because SP4 itself will not
> include this fix.
>
> Does anyone know if the SP4 QFE build exits yet or if I
> can apply SQL 7 security fixes without breaking my
> hotfix?  This is not something I can easily test because
> the hotfix fixes a production problem when the server is
> under a heavy load.
>
> Thanks

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