SQL Database 8942 Error
Managing data seems very easy when SQL Server is being used by any organization. Mostly business enterprise level organizations depend on SQL database for their database. But when we talk about data integrity sometimes it get affected due to corruption like table corruption, deletion of log files etc. Basically reasons behind this vary from power failure, hardware malfunction, virus attack etc. The users of SQL database sometime got trapped in errors like SQL database 8942 Error which makes database inaccessible and may cause loss of it.
This topic identifies the most common error messages in MS SQL Server-Error 8942 that states.
Server: Msg 8942, Level 16, State 1
Table error: Object ID O_ID, index ID I_ID, page P_ID. Test (TEST) failed. Slot S_ID, offset 0xADDRESS overlaps with the prior row
The Reason Behind SQL Error 8942
The main reason behind this error is overlapping of slots. Here S_ID's offset in the slot offset array is found less than the previous one and then SQL database 8942 error may come across as the result of table test, where sorted offset value is less than value max.
Action Required
- Run hardware diagnostics and fix your problems. If the problem is severe it is advised to change your hardware component.
- If you do not have a hardware problem and backup is available in your system, restore the database from backup.
- If you don't find any backup, then run DBCC CHECKDB command, determine the extent of the corruption and then use this command with an appropriate repair clause to fix corruption.