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Contents [Hide] 1 Info 2 Primary Key Errors 3 Integer Data Types 4 Tables 5 Columns 6 Names 7 Dates 8 SELECT 9 UPDATE 10 Linked Servers and Distributed Queries

Info

Below is a list with the most common errors that you will encounter in SQL Server. Each link has code that shows how to get the error, explained is why you get the error and what you can do to eliminate the error message. The error message will be shown in several languages

Primary Key Errors

Cannot define PRIMARY KEY constraint on nullable column in table
Violation of PRIMARY KEY CONSTRAINT Cannot insert duplicate key in object

Integer Data Types

Operand data type bit is invalid for min operator
Operand data type bit is invalid for max operator
Syntax Error Converting The Varchar Value To A Column Of Data Type Int
Arithmetic overflow error converting IDENTITY to data type int

Tables

Columns

Cannot insert the value NULL into column, table; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails

Names

Dates

The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value
The conversion of a varchar data type to a smalldatetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value

SELECT

A SELECT statement that assigns a value to a variable must not be combined with data-retrieval operations

UPDATE

Cannot update a timestamp column

Linked Servers and Distributed Queries

OPENROWSET/Ad Hoc Distributed Queries Disabled

Contributed by: --SQLDenis 16:39, 21 August 2010 (GMT)