3859

Product Name

Event ID

3859

Event Source

MSSQLSERVER

Component

SQLEngine

Symbolic

Name

DBCC_CHECKCAT_DIRECT_UPDATE

Message Text

Warning: The system catalog was updated directly in database ID %d, most recently at

%S_DATE

This error indicates a user initiated changes to system tables. Manually updating system tables

is not supported. The system tables should only be updated by the SQL Server database

engine. When SQL Server detects user initiated changes to the system tables, error 3859 is

raised in the following two scenarios:

Scenario 1

An event that resembles the following is logged in the SQL Server Error Log or in the

Application log in Event Viewer when you start a SQL Server database that contains a

system table that was manually updated:

Log Name: Application

Source: MSSQLSERVER Event ID: 3859

Task Category: Server

Level: Information

Description: Warning: The system catalog was updated directly in database ID %d,

most recently at

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