INTRODUCTION

This article describes cumulative update package 4 for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 (SP2). This update contains hotfixes for issues that were fixed after the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2. Note This build number of this cumulative update package is 10.50.4270.0.We recommend that you test hotfixes before you deploy them in a production environment. Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 fix release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2730301 The SQL Server 2008 R2 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 was released

Important notes about the cumulative update package

  • SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 hotfixes are now multilingual. Therefore, there is only one cumulative hotfix package for all languages.

  • One cumulative hotfix package includes all the component packages. The cumulative update package updates only those components that are installed on the system.

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How to obtain Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2

A supported cumulative update package is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problems that are described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing these specific problems. This cumulative update package may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by any of these problems, we recommend that you wait for the next SQL Server 2008 R2 service pack that contains the hotfixes in this cumulative update package. If the cumulative update is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the cumulative update package. Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific cumulative update package. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft website:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Hotfixes that are included in this cumulative update package

Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that discuss these hotfixes will be released as they become available. For more information about the SQL Server bugs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

VSTS bug number

KB article number

Description

1043439

2731068

FIX: "An unexpected error occurred" when you query some calculation data of an SSAS tabular model by using SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot for Excel 2010 or SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010

1049062

2755192

FIX: SSMS freezes when you perform management operations that relate to roles to an SSRS 2008 R2 database

1061516

2715512

FIX: Error messages when you use dtexec to execute packages in SSIS 2008, in SSIS 2012 or in SSIS 2008 R2

1072675

2765785

FIX: Access violation when you execute an SSIS 2008 R2 package that contains a Sort transformation on a computer that has multiple CPUs

1076490

2770630

FIX: Error message when you run UPDATE CUBE and SELECT MDX statements at the same time in SSAS 2008 R2

1077962

2770258

FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you run a query against a partitioned table in SQL Server 2008 R2

1079200

2770635

FIX: Incorrect result when you run an MDX query against an SSAS 2008 R2 database that has multiple data sources

1080450

2708012

FIX: Event ID 833 if I/O write operation occurs during a VSS snapshot backup in SQL Server 2008 R2

1080453

2744760

FIX: Empty or incomplete tree view is shown in the Process Progress window when you process an SSAS object in SSMS or BIDS in SQL Server 2008 R2

1080456

2761600

FIX: Text is truncated in a Tablix control in an report of SSRS 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2012 after you export the report as a PDF or image file

1080459

2749560

FIX: "SQL Server Assertion: File: <bcmdsink.cpp>, line=<n> Failed Assertion = 'src'" error message when you update BLOB data in SQL Server 2008 R2 or in SQL Server 2012

1080462

2749913

FIX: Unhandled exception when you use a marked transaction that spans multiple databases in SQL Server 2008 R2 or in SQL Server 2012

1080465

2754301

FIX: Large queries that modify data run slower than expected when many locks accumulate in a SQL Server 2008 R2 or in SQL Server 2012

1080468

2754800

FIX: Error 17066 when you replicate a table article that contains an ntext data type column in SQL Server 2008 R2 or in SQL Server 2012

1080471

2757344

FIX: Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) crashes when you select a WSDL file in SQL Server 2008 R2

1080474

2757356

FIX: "The component is waiting for a notification" error message and SSIS 2012 or SSIS 2008 R2 package stops responding when you use Microsoft Connector 1.1 for SAP BI to extract data from SAP BW

1090691

2776344

FIX: Deadlock when you execute a stored procedure to alter a temporary table if lock partitioning is enabled in SQL Server 2008 R2

1101721

2778479

FIX: 17066 and 3624 errors when you run the sp_refreshview stored procedure in a large batch that performs binary large object-related operations in SQL Server 2008 R2

1113309

2780146

FIX: "Incorrect syntax near 'IDENTITY_VALUE'" error when you try to decrypt data that is migrated from another database in SQL Server 2008 R2

1121899

2781008

FIX: "User cannot be found" error message in SSRS 2008 R2 after the logon name is changed in Active Directory

1122011

2777963

FIX: Installation fails when you try to install a cumulative update to an instance of SQL Server 2008 R2

1125937

2787595

FIX: An error occurs when you load a thesaurus file in SQL Server 2008 R2 that uses DBCS collation

1131076

819546

SQL Server support for mounted volumes

1131695

2785079

FIX: A "non-yielding" error occurs on a server for Service Broker Message Forwarding in SQL Server 2008 R2

1132143

2784686

FIX: An access violation occurs when you query the missing indexes DMVs in SQL Server 2008 R2

1133922

2696161

FIX: Error message when you try to view a report in SSRS 2012, in SSRS 2008 R2 or in SSRS 2008: "Different query parameters resulted in a same hash"

1133927

2756471

FIX: Incorrect result is returned when you query an indexed view by using the NOEXPAND hint in SQL Server 2008, in SQL Server 2008 R2 or in SQL Server 2012

1133935

2770891

FIX: "Non-yielding Scheduler" error message when you insert a record that contains large object (LOB) data into a snapshot database in SQL Server 2008 or in SQL Server 2008 R2

1133939

2761934

Support for the varchar(max), nvarchar(max), and varbinary(max) data types is added in most OLE DB providers in SQL Server 2012 or in SQL Server 2008 or in SQL Server 2008 R2

1133943

2509302

A database transaction log continues to grow after you upgrade to SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1, SQL Server 2008 SP2 or SQL Server 2008 SP3

1133947

2770837

FIX: "Windows NT user or group 'Domain_name\User_name' not found" error message when you add a login to a case-sensitive SQL Server 2008 instance or SQL Server 2008 R2 instance

1133952

2778088

FIX: Memory leak if you enable the AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS_ASYNC statistics option in SQL Server 2008, in SQL Server 2012 or in SQL Server 2008 R2

1140412

2788362

FIX: Error 28921 and error 18054 when you start an instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 that is upgraded from SQL Server 7.0

1113033

An access violation may occur in SQL Server when a thread that is waiting on NETWORKIO is chosen as a deadlock error.

Cumulative update package information

Restart information

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this cumulative update.

Registry information

To use one of the hotfixes in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

How to uninstall this cumulative update package

To uninstall this cumulative update package, follow these steps:

  1. In Control Panel, open the Add or Remove Programs item. Note If you are running Windows 7, open the Programs and Features item in Control Panel.

  2. Locate the entry that was installed by this cumulative update package.

  3. Right-click the entry, and then select Uninstall to remove the cumulative update package.

References

For more information about the Incremental Servicing Model for SQL Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

935897 An Incremental Servicing Model is available from the SQL Server team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems For more information about the naming schema for SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

822499 Naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packages For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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