From 6af763e28c67c2666ecd583554f6746e223f021b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vlad Drumea <48413726+VladDBA@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 13:47:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix for #3729 - CheckId 271

---
 sp_Blitz.sql | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sp_Blitz.sql b/sp_Blitz.sql
index f011e706..3b743f87 100644
--- a/sp_Blitz.sql
+++ b/sp_Blitz.sql
@@ -6754,17 +6754,21 @@ IF @ProductVersionMajor >= 10
 
 
 				IF NOT EXISTS ( SELECT  1
-								FROM    #SkipChecks
-								WHERE   DatabaseName IS NULL AND CheckID = 271 )
-					AND EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.all_columns WHERE name = 'group_max_tempdb_data_percent')
-						AND EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.all_columns WHERE name = 'group_max_tempdb_data_mb')
+							FROM    #SkipChecks
+							WHERE   DatabaseName IS NULL AND CheckID = 271 )
+				AND EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.all_columns WHERE name = 'group_max_tempdb_data_percent'
+				                    AND object_id = OBJECT_ID('sys.resource_governor_workload_groups'))
+					AND EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.all_columns WHERE name = 'group_max_tempdb_data_mb'
+					                AND object_id = OBJECT_ID('sys.resource_governor_workload_groups'))
 					BEGIN
 						
 						IF @Debug IN (1, 2) RAISERROR('Running CheckId [%d].', 0, 1, 271) WITH NOWAIT;
 						
-						IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.resource_governor_workload_groups
-									WHERE group_max_tempdb_data_percent <> 0
-									  AND group_max_tempdb_data_mb IS NULL)
+						SET @tsql = N'SELECT COUNT(1) FROM sys.resource_governor_workload_groups
+						WHERE group_max_tempdb_data_percent <> 0
+						  AND group_max_tempdb_data_mb IS NULL';
+						EXEC @ExecRet = sp_executesql @tsql;
+						IF @ExecRet > 0
 							BEGIN
 							DECLARE @TempDBfiles TABLE (config VARCHAR(50), data_files INT)
 							/* Valid configs */