Backup attached. The last thing I did was in SQL_SERVER_SYSPROCESSES (in the override cluster). I renamed 'safe_blockees' to 'safe_blockeesxx'. I suspected that it was no longer used and pressed shift-F8. It turns out that the routine is recursive so I got an undefined symbol. That's what is in the backup now. Next I think that I fixed the error and pressed shift-F8. That's when the crash happened. Note that I generally rely on shift-F8 to save the file for me. Randy