An MS SQL Server database is built of numerous pages, each containing actual data saved in the database components, like tables, views, and more. Every single page is further marked by a header, which consists of critical page information like page type, total free space left in the page, and page number. While every page contains a specified index, there might be situations when the page might point to an incorrect index. This mainly happens when the SQL Server database is logically damaged. In most of these situations, the database becomes unmountable, rendering to inaccessibility of all its saved records. To access the records in these situations, the database administrator needs to repair the database using DBCC CHECKDB command. While the command shows positive results in most cases, it might fail to repair the database in a few situations. In such cases, if the administrator has not created any database backup, then s/he needs to use a commercial SQL Database Repair application.

To illustrate the above case, consider a real-time situation wherein you encounter the below error message that appears while you try to mount your SQL Server database:

“Table error: Page P_ID with object ID O_ID, index ID I_ID in its header is allocated by another object.”

The database remains unmounted after the above error message gets displayed on the system. The database records too become inaccessible after the appearance of the above error message.

Cause:

The above error message appears because the Page P_ID contains an incorrect Index ID. This situation mainly occurs when the database is physically or logically damaged.

Resolution:

The resolution of the above error message is discussed underneath:

The physical damage situations can be surmounted by replacing the damaged system component. An easy way to distinguish a physically damaged component is by viewing the system logs. The logical damages can be surpassed by using a third-party SQL Repair application. A SQL Repair software incorporates effective, safe, and fast recovery techniques to repair a logically damaged SQL Server database and restore it at a new or default location.

SQL recovery software is a common SQL Database Recovery utility used by most of the SQL database administrators. The tool supports repair of all database components created in MS SQL Server 2008, 2005, and 2000. It is designed for Windows 7, Vista, 2008, XP, 2003, and 2000.