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MSSQLSERVER_611

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Applies to: SQL Server

Details

Attribute Value
Product Name SQL Server
Event ID 611
Event Source MSSQLSERVER
Component SQLEngine
Symbolic Name VAR_SIZE_TOO_BIG
Message Text Cannot insert or update a row because total variable column size, including overhead, is %d bytes more than the limit.

Explanation

The maximum variable column size is more than that allowed by the schema. Error 611 is returned when the variable column is over the limit in the fixed case when vardecimal storage format is enabled, or when the variable column size is over the limit allowed in SQL Server for a compressed data record.

User Action

Reduce the size of the record.