Summary
This update improves and fixes the following issues when you use a Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) environment in Microsoft SQL Server:
Improvements to Change Data Capture (CDC) to be more tolerable when an RAC node goes down and then restarts.
Fixes an issue that occurs when you use the application to call the CDC interface if the CDC is not working. In this situation, you receive the following error message from the v$log:
Note
ORACDC517E:Oracle Call Interface (OCI) method failed: ORA-00904: "NEXT_CHANGE#": invalid identifier
Resolution
This update is included in the following updates for SQL Server:
Cumulative Update 14 for SQL Server 2017
Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2
Cumulative Update 15 for SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2
About cumulative updates for SQL Server
Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and security fixes that were in the previous build. We recommend that you install the latest build for your version of SQL Server:
Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2017
Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016
The latest cumulative updates for SQL Server 2014
References
Learn about the terminology Microsoft uses to describe software updates.
Third-party information disclaimer
The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. We make no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of these products.
We provide third-party contact and website information to help you find technical support. This information may change without notice. We do not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party information.