Issue with updating partitioned table

Question

Hi,
Anyone seen this bug with updating partitioned tables.
Its very esoteric - its occurs when we update a partitioned table using a join to a temp table (not non-temp table) when the join has multiple joins and you're updating the partitoned column that isn't the first column in the primary key and the table contains a bit field. We've tried changing just one of these features and the bug disappears.
We've tested this on 15.5 and 15.7 SP122 and the error occurs in both of them.
Here's the test case - it does the same operation of a partitioned table and a non-partitioned table, but the partitioned table shows and error of "Attempt to insert duplicate key row in object 'partitioned' with unique index 'pk'".
I'd be interested if anyone has seen this and has a version of Sybase without the issue.
Unfortunately when it happens on a replicated table - it takes down rep server.
CREATE TABLE #table1
    (   PK          char(8) null,
        FileDate        date,
        changed         bit
CREATE TABLE partitioned  (
  PK         char(8) NOT NULL,
  ValidFrom     date DEFAULT current_date() NOT NULL,
  ValidTo       date DEFAULT '31-Dec-9999' NOT NULL
LOCK DATAROWS
  PARTITION BY RANGE (ValidTo)
  ( p2014 VALUES <= ('20141231') ON [default],
  p2015 VALUES <= ('20151231') ON [default],
  pMAX VALUES <= (MAX) ON [default]
CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX pk
  ON partitioned(PK, ValidFrom, ValidTo)
  LOCAL INDEX
CREATE TABLE unpartitioned  (
  PK         char(8) NOT NULL,
  ValidFrom     date DEFAULT current_date() NOT NULL,
  ValidTo       date DEFAULT '31-Dec-9999' NOT NULL,
LOCK DATAROWS
CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX pk
  ON unpartitioned(PK, ValidFrom, ValidTo)
insert partitioned
select "ET00jPzh", "Jan  7 2015", "Dec 31 9999"
insert unpartitioned
select "ET00jPzh", "Jan  7 2015", "Dec 31 9999"
insert #table1
select "ET00jPzh", "Jan 15 2015", 1
union all
select "ET00jPzh", "Jan 15 2015", 1
go
update partitioned
set    ValidTo = dateadd(dd,-1,FileDate)
from   #table1 t
inner  join partitioned p on (p.PK = t.PK)
where  p.ValidTo = '99991231'
and    t.changed = 1
go
update unpartitioned
set    ValidTo = dateadd(dd,-1,FileDate)
from   #table1 t
inner  join unpartitioned u on (u.PK = t.PK)
where  u.ValidTo = '99991231'
and    t.changed = 1
go
drop table #table1
go
drop table partitioned
drop table unpartitioned
go

Answer 1

wrt to replication - it is a bit unclear as not enough information has been stated to point out what happened.  I also am not sure that your DBA's are accurately telling you what happened - and may have made the problem worse by not knowing themselves what to do - e.g. 'losing' the log points to fact that someone doesn't know what they should.   You can *always* disable the replication secondary truncation point and resync a standby system, so claims about 'losing' the log are a bit strange to be making. 
wrt to ASE versions, I suspect if there are any differences, it may have to do with endian-ness and not the version of ASE itself.   There may be other factors.....but I would suggest the best thing would be to open a separate message/case on it.
Adaptive Server Enterprise/15.7/EBF 23010 SMP SP130 /P/X64/Windows Server/ase157sp13x/3819/64-bit/OPT/Fri Aug 22 22:28:21 2014:
-- testing with tinyint
1> use demo_db
1>
2> CREATE TABLE #table1
3>     (   PK          char(8) null,
4>         FileDate        date,
5> --        changed         bit
6>  changed tinyint
7>     )
8>
9> CREATE TABLE partitioned  (
10>   PK         char(8) NOT NULL,
11>   ValidFrom     date DEFAULT current_date() NOT NULL,
12>   ValidTo       date DEFAULT '31-Dec-9999' NOT NULL
13>   )
14>
15> LOCK DATAROWS
16>   PARTITION BY RANGE (ValidTo)
17>   ( p2014 VALUES <= ('20141231') ON [default],
18>   p2015 VALUES <= ('20151231') ON [default],
19>   pMAX VALUES <= (MAX) ON [default]
20>         )
21>
22> CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX pk
23>   ON partitioned(PK, ValidFrom, ValidTo)
24>   LOCAL INDEX
25>
26> CREATE TABLE unpartitioned  (
27>   PK         char(8) NOT NULL,
28>   ValidFrom     date DEFAULT current_date() NOT NULL,
29>   ValidTo       date DEFAULT '31-Dec-9999' NOT NULL,
30>   )
31> LOCK DATAROWS
32>
33> CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX pk
34>   ON unpartitioned(PK, ValidFrom, ValidTo)
35>
36> insert partitioned
37> select "ET00jPzh", "Jan  7 2015", "Dec 31 9999"
38>
39> insert unpartitioned
40> select "ET00jPzh", "Jan  7 2015", "Dec 31 9999"
41>
42> insert #table1
43> select "ET00jPzh", "Jan 15 2015", 1
44> union all
45> select "ET00jPzh", "Jan 15 2015", 1
(1 row affected)
(1 row affected)
(2 rows affected)
1>
2> update partitioned
3> set    ValidTo = dateadd(dd,-1,FileDate)
4> from   #table1 t
5> inner  join partitioned p on (p.PK = t.PK)
6> where  p.ValidTo = '99991231'
7> and    t.changed = 1
Msg 2601, Level 14, State 6:
Server 'PHILLY_ASE', Line 2:
Attempt to insert duplicate key row in object 'partitioned' with unique index 'pk'
Command has been aborted.
(0 rows affected)
1>
2> update unpartitioned
3> set    ValidTo = dateadd(dd,-1,FileDate)
4> from   #table1 t
5> inner  join unpartitioned u on (u.PK = t.PK)
6> where  u.ValidTo = '99991231'
7> and    t.changed = 1
(1 row affected)
1>
2> drop table #table1
1>
2> drop table partitioned
3> drop table unpartitioned
-- duplicating with 'int'
1> use demo_db
1>
2> CREATE TABLE #table1
3>     (   PK          char(8) null,
4>         FileDate        date,
5> --        changed         bit
6>  changed int
7>     )
8>
9> CREATE TABLE partitioned  (
10>   PK         char(8) NOT NULL,
11>   ValidFrom     date DEFAULT current_date() NOT NULL,
12>   ValidTo       date DEFAULT '31-Dec-9999' NOT NULL
13>   )
14>
15> LOCK DATAROWS
16>   PARTITION BY RANGE (ValidTo)
17>   ( p2014 VALUES <= ('20141231') ON [default],
18>   p2015 VALUES <= ('20151231') ON [default],
19>   pMAX VALUES <= (MAX) ON [default]
20>         )
21>
22> CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX pk
23>   ON partitioned(PK, ValidFrom, ValidTo)
24>   LOCAL INDEX
25>
26> CREATE TABLE unpartitioned  (
27>   PK         char(8) NOT NULL,
28>   ValidFrom     date DEFAULT current_date() NOT NULL,
29>   ValidTo       date DEFAULT '31-Dec-9999' NOT NULL,
30>   )
31> LOCK DATAROWS
32>
33> CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX pk
34>   ON unpartitioned(PK, ValidFrom, ValidTo)
35>
36> insert partitioned
37> select "ET00jPzh", "Jan  7 2015", "Dec 31 9999"
38>
39> insert unpartitioned
40> select "ET00jPzh", "Jan  7 2015", "Dec 31 9999"
41>
42> insert #table1
43> select "ET00jPzh", "Jan 15 2015", 1
44> union all
45> select "ET00jPzh", "Jan 15 2015", 1
(1 row affected)
(1 row affected)
(2 rows affected)
1>
2> update partitioned
3> set    ValidTo = dateadd(dd,-1,FileDate)
4> from   #table1 t
5> inner  join partitioned p on (p.PK = t.PK)
6> where  p.ValidTo = '99991231'
7> and    t.changed = 1
Msg 2601, Level 14, State 6:
Server 'PHILLY_ASE', Line 2:
Attempt to insert duplicate key row in object 'partitioned' with unique index 'pk'
Command has been aborted.
(0 rows affected)
1>
2> update unpartitioned
3> set    ValidTo = dateadd(dd,-1,FileDate)
4> from   #table1 t
5> inner  join unpartitioned u on (u.PK = t.PK)
6> where  u.ValidTo = '99991231'
7> and    t.changed = 1
(1 row affected)
1>
2> drop table #table1
1>
2> drop table partitioned
3> drop table unpartitioned