The Microsoft SQL Server table can cause corruption the reason is uninvited corruption, hardware bugs, software bugs, comparable faults, and therefore results into DBCC CHECKDB errors or inaccessible database table. For fixing these issues, it is important to bring back from that server backup. However, from time to time, server backup is not a solution in order to have whole data, so the way to fix after SQL Error 8942, use SQL DBCC repair tool.

Received ‘SQL Error 8942’

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.

You should be eager to know the cause for this error, the go up of this error is due to overlapping of slots. It mainly arise when offset of slot S_ID is mismatched or more than previous slot end. The fault is caused as a result of table test, where sorted ‘i’ (for address) has not been found more than or even identical to ‘max’. In this ‘max’ signifies the end of slot.

RESOLUTION: To fix SQL Error 8942, table fault, and to get back SQL database, you should try out the below mentioned methods:

    Hardware problems might be the make happen for SQL Error 8942, so diagnose the utility, Server and system to acknowledge the actual cause of fault. If there is some difficulty, remove and change that broken equipment. You can use recent backed up data, or also, run DBCC CHECKDB command in case you do not have valid problem.