"Order by" error running DBCC DBREINDEX

[John Morris]

I'm running a simple DBCC DBREINDEX ('myTable') and I receive the
following error:

"Server: Msg 169, Level 15, State 2, Line 2
A column has been specified more than once in the order by list.
Columns in the order by list must be unique. DBCC execution
completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system
administrator."

I can successfully reindex other tables in this database. I thought
that perhaps I had objects in the database that ended up with the same
name, but I've pretty much ruled that out.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
John D. Morris
mailto://jm********@hotmail.com

[John D. Morris]

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I'm running a simple DBCC DBREINDEX ('myTable') and I receive the
following error:

"Server: Msg 169, Level 15, State 2, Line 2
A column has been specified more than once in the order by list.
Columns in the order by list must be unique. DBCC execution
completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system
administrator."

I can successfully reindex other tables in this database. I thought
that perhaps I had objects in the database that ended up with the same
name, but I've pretty much ruled that out.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
John D. Morris
mailto://jm********@hotmail.com

Followup:

As it turns out, I had a hidden "Hypothetical" index that the index
tuning wizard decided not to clean up when it was done. The only way
to see the index was in sp_helpindex. It did not appear in the object
browser. MS claims this was fixed in SP1...I guess not. Anyway,
dropped the hypothetical index and all is well.

-jdm

[Arun Marathe [MSFT]]

John,

Can you consistently repro the bug?
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I'm running a simple DBCC DBREINDEX ('myTable') and I receive the
following error:

"Server: Msg 169, Level 15, State 2, Line 2
A column has been specified more than once in the order by list.
Columns in the order by list must be unique. DBCC execution
completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system
administrator."

I can successfully reindex other tables in this database. I thought
that perhaps I had objects in the database that ended up with the same
name, but I've pretty much ruled that out.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
John D. Morris
mailto://jm********@hotmail.com

Followup:

As it turns out, I had a hidden "Hypothetical" index that the index
tuning wizard decided not to clean up when it was done. The only way
to see the index was in sp_helpindex. It did not appear in the object
browser. MS claims this was fixed in SP1...I guess not. Anyway,
dropped the hypothetical index and all is well.

-jdm