KB3187493 - FIX: DISCOVER_TABLE_STORAGE_COLUMN_SEGMENTS DMV returns an incorrect result of memory usage in SQL Server 2016

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

Symptoms

Assume that you create a tabular database at the compatibility level 1200 in Microsoft SQL Server 2016. When you use the DISCOVER_TABLE_STORAGE_COLUMN_SEGMENTS DMV to query the memory usage of each column, the DMV incorrectly returns a value of 0 for the ALLOCATED_SIZE and USED_SIZE columns.

Resolution

This problem was fixed in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2016
      

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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:

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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.

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