BUG: Xp_sendmail with Large Row Results May Cause Error 35909

• Microsoft SQL Server, version 6.5

SYMPTOMS

Running xp_sendmail can cause SQLMail to get an exception error and stop if all of the following conditions are true:

• One of the rows returns more that 2,000 bytes.
• The @width parameter is set greater than 2,000
• The results are not attached as a file.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

• Use the parameter @attach_results=true.

  -or-

• Do not set @width greater than 2000.

STATUS

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.

MORE INFORMATION

The following is the error that the client process will receive:

   Msg 35909, Level 18, State 1
   EXCEPTION error encountered in MAPI extended procedures, exception error
   code = 0xC0000005

   ods      Error : 18009, Severity: 18, State: 1
   ods      EXCEPTION error encountered in MAPI extended procedures,
   exception error code = 0xC0000005
   ods      Stopped SQL Mail session.