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FIX: Error message when you rebuild indexes for a table that contains sparse columns in SQL Server 2008: "Cannot alter table '<TableName>' because the table either contains sparse columns or a column set column which are incompatible with compression"Article ID: 958792 - View products that this article applies to. Microsoft distributes Microsoft SQL Server 2008 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 fix release. SYMPTOMSIn Microsoft SQL Server 2008, you have a table that contains sparse columns. When you try to rebuild the indexes for the table, you receive the following error message: Msg 11418, Level 16, State 4, Line 1
Cannot alter table 'TableName' because the table either contains sparse columns or a column set column which are incompatible with compression.
RESOLUTIONThe fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 2. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 958186 Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 fix release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958186/
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Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2008956909
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956909/
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The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 was releasedSTATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. MORE INFORMATION After you apply this hotfix, you receive the error message that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" section only when data compression is explicitly used in the scenarios that the "Symptoms" section describes. In SQL Server 2008 environments, you cannot use both sparse columns and data compression techniques on the same table. This behavior is by design. If you try to enable both features on the same table or on an index of the table, you receive the error message. For more information about what files are changed, and for information about any prerequisites to apply the cumulative update package that contains the hotfix that is described in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 958186
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958186/LN/
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Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2008REFERENCESFor more information about the list of builds that are available after the release of SQL Server 2008, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
956909 For more information about the Incremental Servicing Model for SQL Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956909/
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The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 was released
935897 For more information about the naming schema for SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935897/
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An Incremental Servicing Model is available from the SQL Server team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems
822499 For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822499/
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New naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packages824684
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/
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Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updatesProperties |
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