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Microsoft SQL Server | 13598930
KB4561305 - FIX: Concurrent inserts against tables with columnstore indexes may cause queries to stop responding in SQL Server - Microsoft Support
Last update date:
6/2/2022
Affected products:
SQL Server 2016 Developer - duplicate (do not use)
SQL Server 2016 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use)
SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use)
SQL Server 2016 Standard - duplicate (do not use)
SQL Server 2019 on Linux
SQL Server 2019 on Windows
SQL Server 2017 Developer on Windows
SQL Server 2017 Enterprise Core on Windows
SQL Server 2017 Enterprise on Windows
SQL Server 2017 Standard on Windows
SQL Server 2017 on Linux
Affected releases:
build lower than 14.0.3356.20
Fixed releases:
14.0.3356.20
Description:
Symptoms
When you use Microsoft SQL Server 2016 SP2 CU8 or later versions, you notice that it takes a long time to complete the concurrent inserts against tables that have columnstore indexes. Additionally, the transaction log may grow abnormally when these insert statements are run.
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Resolution
This issue is fixed in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server: Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2019 Cumulative Update 22 for SQL Server 2017 Cumulative Update 13 for SQL Server 2016 SP2 About cumulative updates for SQL Server: Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server: Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2019 Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2017 Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016
Workaround
To work around the issue, follow these steps: Abort the insert queries to prevent the abnormal growth of transaction logs. Restrict the number of times that you issue select queries against tables that have a columnstore index and highly concurrent insert activity.
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