Symptoms
When you execute the OPENJSON function in a contained database in SQL Server 2016, an access violation may occur. Additionally, SQL Server may crash.
Resolution
This update is included in the following cumulative updates:
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:
Workaround
To work around this issue, specify a correlation name for the contained database in the query in which the OPENJSON function is used.
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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