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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

  • You have a table that has two or more bit data type columns in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.

  • You create a clustered index that contains two or more bit data type columns on the table.

  • You create a nonclustered index on any column and specify the DATA_COMPRESSION option.

In this situation, you receive the following error:

Msg 1944, Level 16, State 1, Line <Line Number>

Index '<Index Name>' was not created. This index has a key length of at least -<Length> bytes. The maximum permissible key length is <Length> bytes.

Cause

The issue occurs because the space requirements of bit data type columns are calculated incorrectly in this scenario.

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Workaround

To work around this issue, change the data type of the columns from bit to tinyint.

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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