Symptoms
Assume that you use Microsoft SQL Server ted on a database by using high-safety mode with automatic failover.
If you modify the stored procedure definition, and then you run the stored procedure after an automatic failover occurs, you receive the following error message:
Error: 2801, Severity: 16, State: 1
The definition of object 'stored_procedure_name' has changed since it was compiled.
Resolution
This issue is fixed in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2016 RTM
Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2016 SP1
Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2014 SP2
Cumulative Update 13 for SQL Server 2014 SP1
Cumulative Update 9 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3
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:
Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016
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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