KB4014738 - FIX: Error occurs when you drop a subscription by using a non-sysadmin account in SQL Server

Applies To
SQL Server 2012 Developer SQL Server 2012 Enterprise SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Core SQL Server 2012 Standard SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 SQL Server 2014 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Standard - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 - duplicate (do not use) 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 2016 Service Pack 1

Symptoms

When you drop a subscription by using an account that's not a member of the SQL Server sysadmin fixed server role in Microsoft SQL Server, although the subscription is dropped successfully, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:

Note

  • The Subscriber was dropped.
  • Msg 0, Level 11, State 0, Line LineNumber
  • A severe error occurred on the current command.  The results, if any, should be discarded

Resolution

This issue is fixed in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2016 RTM

Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2016 SP1

Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2014 SP2

Cumulative Update 12 for SQL Server 2014 SP1

Cumulative Update 8 for SQL Server 2012 SP3

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 2016

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2014

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2012 SP3

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

References

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