Symptoms
Consider the following scenario:
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You create a linked server to Microsoft SQL Server 2012.
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You try to run an SQL statement that calls the sys.sp_tables_info_90_rowset_64 system stored procedure to access a table from a default instance of SQL Server 2012.
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The table has more than 2.5 billion records.
In this scenario, you receive the following error message:
Msg 8115, Level 16, State 2, Procedure sp_tables_info_90_rowset_64, Line 9Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type int.
Note This issue occurs when you configure SQL Server 2012 as a destination server.
Resolution
Cumulative update information
Cumulative update package 1 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1
The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 1. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2765331 Cumulative update package 1 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1Note 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 2012 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:
2772858 The SQL Server 2012 builds that were released after SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 was released
SQL Server 2012
The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 4. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2012, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2758687 Cumulative update package 4 for SQL Server 2012Note 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 2012 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:
2692828 The SQL Server 2012 builds that were released after SQL Server 2012 was released
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
More Information
For more information about how to configure linked servers in SQL Server 2012, go to the following MSDN website:
