Symptoms
When you execute a query statement that contains more than 4,000 characters in SQL Server 2016, and the query statement contains some specific multi-word clauses, such as WITHIN GROUP, AT TIME ZONE; if forced parameterization is enabled, you may receive a syntax error.
Resolution
The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of SQL Server:
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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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