Symptoms
During PolyBase startup or when you run PolyBase queries on a non-English OS, you notice that the PolyBase queries fail and generate errors, or PolyBase services fail to start under certain conditions.
For example:
When you try to start the PolyBase services in a Turkish locale, you receive the following error message:
"Could not load type 'Int' from assembly 'Microsoft.SQLServer.DataWarehouse.Common"
When you run PolyBase queries in a locale that uses commas instead of periods as decimal separators, you may notice the following:
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Collecting sample statistics on a Teradata-backed external table does not use the percentage that is specified by the user.
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Queries generate invalid float literals that generate an error from the external source.
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Creating statistics over an external table that has a DateTime column returns the following error message: "The string was not recognized as a valid DateTime."
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 update for SQL Server:
Cumulative Update 8 for SQL Server 2019
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Workaround
To work around this issue, you can run PolyBase queries in English locale.
References
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