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Generic ODBC external data sources may not work after installing Cumulative Update

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Mar 30, 2023
Symptoms   After you install SQL Server 2019 CU19 or SQL Server 2022 CU2, external data sources using generic ODBC connector may no longer work. When you try to query external tables that were cr...
Published Mar 30, 2023
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Apr 24, 2023

Hi Berch1108,

 

I have seen prompting for installation media when uninstalling cumulative updates - that is nothing to be alarmed about. Just be sure that you're uninstalling the update for SQL Server 2019 and not the entire product. When you go to Control Panel > Program Files, be sure to click on the 'View installed updates' link in the upper left and choose the hotfix associated with CU19 (Hotfix 4298).

 

I don't always see a prompt for installation media when uninstalling a CU, but it is common to see. I don't know why you are sometimes prompted for the installation media or not.