Symptoms
Assume that you have a table that has the sql_variant data type in Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or in Microsoft SQL Server 2014. When the statistics are updated manually or automatically, you receive the following error message:
Location: <File Path>\_retypesbase.inl:526
Expression: PbValGetConst()[CSsVariant::OFF_VER] == CSsVariant::CURR_VER
SPID: xx
Process ID: xxxxxx
Msg 3624, Level 20, State 1, Line 1
A system assertion check has failed. Check the SQL Server error log for details. Typically, an assertion failure is caused by a software bug or data corruption. To check for database corruption, consider running DBCC CHECKDB. If you agreed to send dumps to Microsoft during setup, a mini dump will be sent to Microsoft. An update might be available from Microsoft in the latest Service Pack or in a QFE from Technical Support.
NoteDBCC CHECKDB ('<database name>') WITH NO_INFOMSGS does not report any database inconsistencies.
Resolution
The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of SQL Server.
Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2014 /en-us/help/3011055
Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2012 SP2 /en-us/help/3002049
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.
