Symptoms
In SQL Server 2016, a query that accesses data in a columnstore index may consistently return the following exception:
Note
Error: 3628, Severity: 16, State: 1.
The Database Engine received a floating-point exception from the operating system while processing a user request. Try the transaction again. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator.
Cause
This issue occurs because processing of a columnstore dictionary containing non-string data may execute an invalid floating point operation.
Resolution
The fix for this issue is included in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:
Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2016
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
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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