# Random DBI::DatabaseError while querying SqlServer

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/random-dbi-databaseerror-while-querying-sqlserver/161611>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 27, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/random-dbi-databaseerror-while-querying-sqlserver/161611 "2009-02-27T20:30:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Seyit\_Caglar\_Abbaso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Seyit\_Caglar\_Abbaso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Seyit_Caglar_Abbaso)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/random-dbi-databaseerror-while-querying-sqlserver/161611/1 "2009-02-27T20:30:04Z")

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_First some background:_

Application is running on a windows XP  
I’m currently using Ruby version 1.8.6-26 with easy installer (I  
couldn’t  
manage to manually install 1.8.7)  
Rails version is 2.2.2  
activerecord version 2.2.2, 1.15.6  
activerecord-sqlserver-adapter is version 1.0.0.9250  
ADO.rb version is 0.1.0 (couldn’t find anything newer, is it abandoned  
or  
something?)  
SqlServer 2000 (I tried with sql server 2005 same problem continues)

I don’t know it’s related but as session store I’m using  
active\_record\_store

_Problem_:  
Database queries are generally working fine, but sometimes (lets say  
once in  
30-40 queries) I get a strange error at sqlserver\_adapter.rb, the error  
message and stack trace is as follows.

DBI::DatabaseError: Value  
OLE error code:8000FFFF in Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server  
IÄ°ÅŸlem::Kaydet veya IÄ°ÅŸlem::Durdur Ã§aÄŸrÄ±ldÄ± ve nesne meÅŸgul  
durumda.  
HRESULT error code:0x80020009  
?zel durum olu?tu.: SELECT \* FROM [product] WHERE  
([product].[isActive] = 1 AND [product].[useInMobileOrder] = 1)

C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract\_adapter.rb:188:in  
`log' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter-1.0.0.9250/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb:337:in`execute’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter-1.0.0.9250/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/sqlserver\_adapter.rb:538:in  
`select' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:7:in`select\_all\_without\_query\_cache’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/query\_cache.rb:60:in  
`select_all' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:81:in`cache\_sql’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/query\_cache.rb:60:in  
`select_all' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:635:in`find\_by\_sql’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active\_record/base.rb:1490:in  
`find_every' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:589:in`find’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:1253:in  
`send' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1253:in`perform\_action\_without\_filters’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:617:in  
`call_filters' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:638:in`run\_before\_filters’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active\_support/callbacks.rb:178:in  
`send' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:178:in`evaluate\_method’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:186:in  
`call' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:635:in`run\_before\_filters’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:615:in  
`call_filters' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:610:in`perform\_action\_without\_benchmark’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in`measure’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:136:in`perform\_action\_without\_caching’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/caching/sql\_cache.rb:13:in  
`perform_action' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:34:in`cache’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active\_record/query\_cache.rb:8:in  
`cache' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/caching/sql_cache.rb:12:in`perform\_action’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:524:in  
`send' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in`process\_without\_filters’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:606:in  
`process_without_session_management_support' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:134:in`process’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:392:in  
`process' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:183:in`handle\_request’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/dispatcher.rb:110:in  
`dispatch_unlocked' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:123:in`dispatch’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/dispatcher.rb:122:in  
`synchronize' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:122:in`dispatch’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/dispatcher.rb:132:in  
`dispatch_cgi' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:39:in`dispatch’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/lib/webrick\_server.rb:103:in  
`handle_dispatch' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:74:in`service’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in`run’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in `start_thread' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in`start’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start_thread' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in`start’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `each' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in`start’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in`start’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/lib/webrick\_server.rb:60:in  
`dispatch' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:66 C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`gem\_original\_require’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:153:in`require’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:521:in  
`new_constants_in' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:153:in`require’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/lib/commands/server.rb:49  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`gem_original_require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`require’

_Translation of Error message_  
The error message seems to be coming from Microsoft provider so it’s  
message  
is localized to Turkish. A direct translation would be something like

DBI::DatabaseError: Value  
OLE error code:8000FFFF in Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server  
_ITransaction::Commit or ITransaction::Abort was called, and  
object is  
in a zombie state._

Any ideas to solve the problem?

Thx in advance
