Article ID: 923589 - Last Review: June 26, 2007 - Revision: 2.0 Error message when you try to change the name of a site column back to its original name in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: "The column name that you entered is already in use or reserved."SYMPTOMSYou connect to the Site Column Gallery page of a site in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and then you rename a site column. For example, you rename the Department site column. When you try to change the name of the site column back to its original name, you receive the following error message: The column name that you entered is already in use or reserved CAUSEThis issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
WORKAROUNDMicrosoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure. However, they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. To work around this issue, use the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 object model to programmatically reset the display name of the column. The following is sample code that you can use to do this. MORE INFORMATIONFor more information about the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 object model, see the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK. In order to view the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms441339.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms441339.aspx)
Or, to download the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=05E0DD12-8394-402B-8936-A07FE8AFAFFD&displaylang=en
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=05E0DD12-8394-402B-8936-A07FE8AFAFFD&displaylang=en)
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