KB3170083 - FIX: Exception occurs when you associate an availability database with MDS web application in SQL Server 2016

Applies To
SQL Server 2016 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use)

Symptoms

When you use Master Data Services Configuration Manager to associate your MDS web application with an availability database to specify the database to use for web operations, you may receive the following exception:

Note

An unexpected exception occurred: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Unclosed quotation mark after the character string

Resolution

The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of 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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