Comments on: SQL SERVER – Fix : Error 1702 CREATE TABLE failed because column in table exceeds the maximum of columns

By: Kamal

Kamal — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:17:30 +0000

this is not the solution. what if table contains lots of data and my table has just 60 columns. please provide proper solution.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:06:46 +0000

Charles,

I have been plauged by this issue as well, my table only had 3 columns and when the Alter statement came up, I was getting the exceeds the maximum columns (sql 2K). The alter statement is in a stored proc that gets run by the app frequently. The proc drops the column before it exits, but still…

It was hair raising…

The fix was to script the table, then drop it, and then recreate the table. In my case the table did not have any data in it, so I didn’t have to worry about repopulating it once it was recreated.

Hope that helps,
Mark

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:25:38 +0000

But the columns in the table are 10 they are not even close to 1024……

Can you reply ASAP

Charles