Executing the query "UPDATE STATISTICS [dbo].[Contact] WITH FULLSCAN ..." failed My maintenance plan fails with the following error on one of my databases does anyone know how I can fix this problem? is is a corrupt table?

Executing the query 

UPDATE STATISTICS [dbo].[Contact] 
WITH FULLSCAN
...


Failed with the following error: 


  A severe error occurred on the current command.  The results, if any,
  should be discarded.". Possible failure reasons: Problems with the
  query, "ResultSet" property not set correctly, parameters not set
  correctly, or connection not established correctly.
there could be many reasons for this error

it can be a corrupted index or data corruption in your database

check this post https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1175244/sql-server-error-on-update-command-a-severe-error-occurred-on-the-current-com

and this post

http://sqlanddotnetdevelopment.blogspot.com/2011/03/severe-error-occurred-on-current.html

Microsoft has a FIX for this problem, they say if you get this error while "You update the statistics of the table." then this fix is for you... they say This issue occurs because the database engine is trying to load dangling statistics, check this link its a Cumulative update 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2498796