MS SQL Server is an RDBMS which has provided users with all the essential yet critical elements of a database management system. It is widely used all over the world because of the numerous advantages it offers over various other database systems. Some of them include increased scalability and performance, advanced security controls, deploying and managing enterprise data, monitoring and tuning databases in an effective way etc. Despite these significant achievements, this database is prone to corruption. Corruption in SQL Server database is encountered primarily due to virus infections, operating system errors, multiple user access of the database, read or write errors etc. As a consequence, all the important SQL tables and other components present in the database become inaccessible. To overcome the problem, you need to go for SQL recovery through a reliable third-party tool.

For instance, you may come across the following error message while working on a MS SQL Server 2000 database,

“Table error: Object ID O_ID. The text, ntext, or image node at page P_ID, slot S_ID, text ID TEXT_ID is not referenced.”

Cause: The above error occurred as the text node is not referenced in any complex column of a heap or clustered index.

As a result, the database table becomes corrupt and you may lose all the records and other vital information present in the table. In such circumstances, use a backup to restore all the lost data. However, if the backup is unavailable, try to repair SQL table by following the below given resolution steps.

Resolution: Follow these steps to fix the problem and perform SQL repair of the corrupt table- To resolve hardware failure: Check to see whether a hardware malfunction caused the problem. If yes, follow the below given steps: Check the SQL Server error log and system application log. Run the hardware diagnostics to fix any hardware related problems. Swap the hardware components to find out the actual cause of the problem. Check whether Write caching is enabled on the hard disk. If yes, contact the vendor and get it replaced. If all the above steps fail to solve the problem, reformat the drives and reinstall the operating system.

In case of a logical crash, run the DBCC CHECKDB command to recover SQL file data.

If the problem still persists, you should take help of an efficient SQL database recovery software. These software are capable of recovering all the lost or damaged SQL database components, such as tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, indexes, constraints etc.