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Error message when you try to use the binaries from the SQL Server System CLR Types package (SQLSysClrTypes.msi): "Unable to load DLL 'SqlServerSpatial.dll': This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect"

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SYMPTOMS

After you install the SQL Server System CLR Types package (SQLSysClrTypes.msi), you receive the following error message when you try to use the binaries that this package installs:

Unable to load DLL 'SqlServerSpatial.dll': This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B1)

Additionally, the following information is logged in the event log:

EventID: 32
Description: Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.CRT could not be found and Last Error was The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.
EventID: 59
Description: Resolve Partial Assembly failed for Microsoft.VC80.CRT. Reference error message: The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.
EventID: 59
Description: Generate Activation Context failed for C:\WINDOWS\system32\SqlServerSpatial.dll. Reference error message: The operation completed successfully.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs because the C Run-Time (CRT) library is not installed. The binary files in the SQL Server System CLR Types package rely on the CRT library.

Note The CRT library is included in the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package.

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RESOLUTION

Cumulative update information

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3. For more information about this cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2648098

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2648098/LN/ )

Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3

Note 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 fix release. Microsoft recommends 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:

2629969

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2629969/LN/ )

The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 was released

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.

SQL Server 2008 R2

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 11. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008 R2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2633145

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2633145/ )

Cumulative Update package 11 for SQL Server 2008 R2

Note 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 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:

981356

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981356/ )

The SQL Server 2008 R2 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 R2 was released

SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2633146

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2633146/ )

Cumulative Update package 4 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

2567616

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2567616/ )

The SQL Server 2008 R2 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 was released

To resolve this problem, install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package.

To obtain the 32-bit version of the Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package, visit the following Microsoft website:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en)

To obtain the 64-bit version of the Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package, visit the following Microsoft website:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=BD2A6171-E2D6-4230-B809-9A8D7548C1B6&displaylang=en

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=BD2A6171-E2D6-4230-B809-9A8D7548C1B6&displaylang=en)

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