Symptoms
When you run a query that performs join operations by using MERGE JOIN in Microsoft SQL Server 2014, you may receive an assertion error that resembles the following:
Comment: 'Stack Trace'
Comment: 'Location: "qsmerge.cpp":LineNumber
Expression: m_hrOuter == DB_S_FAKEROW && m_hrInner == DB_S_FAKEROW
SPID: SPID
Process ID: ProcessID
Resolution
This issue is fixed in the following cumulative update for 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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