Symptoms
Assume that you create an XML index or extended_indexes (such as a spatial index) on a partitioned table in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 or 2017. When you try to truncate a partition of the partitioned table with the TRUNCATE TABLE WITH PARTITIONS command, for example, "Truncate Table PartitionedTable by using (PARTITIONS(PartitionNumber))", the operation may fail.
Resolution
This issue is fixed in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:
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:
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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