If you’re getting an error that reads something like “Cannot create index on view “demo.dbo.SalesSummary” because it uses the aggregate COUNT. Use COUNT_BIG instead” in SQL Server, it’s because you’re trying to create an index on a view that uses the COUNT() function.
Tag: errors
Fix “Cannot DROP TABLE because it is being referenced by object” in SQL Server (Error 3729)
If you’re getting an error that reads something like “Cannot DROP TABLE ‘dbo.t1’ because it is being referenced by object ‘v1’” in SQL Server, it looks like you’re trying to drop a table that’s referenced by a schema-bound object (such as a schema-bound view).
Continue readingFix “Computed column … in table … is not allowed to be used in another computed-column definition” (Error 1759)
If you’re getting an error that reads something like “Computed column ‘c2’ in table ‘t1’ is not allowed to be used in another computed-column definition” in SQL Server, it appears that you’re trying to create a computed column that uses another computed column.
We can’t use other computed columns in our computed column definitions.
Continue readingFix “ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN failed because one or more objects access this column” in SQL Server (Error 4922)
If you’re getting an error that reads something like “ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN c2 failed because one or more objects access this column” in SQL Server, it looks like you’re trying to drop a column that’s accessed by another object.
This can happen when we try to drop a column that’s referenced by a schema-bound view. It can happen even when we only try to alter the columns too.
Continue readingFix “Cannot create index on view. It contains text, ntext, image, FILESTREAM or xml columns” in SQL Server (Error 1942)
If you’re getting an error that reads something like “Cannot create index on view ‘demo.dbo.v1’. It contains text, ntext, image, FILESTREAM or xml columns” in SQL Server, it appears that you’re trying to create an index on a view that uses an invalid data type.
Not all data types are supported when indexing views.
Continue readingFix “The new name is already in use as a COLUMN name and would cause a duplicate that is not permitted” in SQL Server (Error 15335)
If you’re getting an error that reads something like “Error: The new name ‘c1’ is already in use as a COLUMN name and would cause a duplicate that is not permitted” in SQL Server, it appears that you’re trying to rename a column with a name that already exists in that table.
Basically, there’s already a column of that name in the table.
Continue readingFix “Cannot alter column because it is ‘COMPUTED'” in SQL Server (Error 4928)
If you’re getting an error that reads something like “Cannot alter column ‘c2’ because it is ‘COMPUTED’” in SQL Server, it looks like you’re trying to alter a computed column.
We can’t alter computed columns.
Continue readingFix “Cannot create index on view. The function yields nondeterministic results” in SQL Server
If you’re getting an error that reads something like “Cannot create index on view ‘demo.dbo.v1’. The function ‘sysdatetime’ yields nondeterministic results…” and so on, in SQL Server, it looks like you’re trying to create an index on a view that returns nondeterministic results.
Indexes can only be created on views that return deterministic results.
Continue readingFix “Cannot use an aggregate or a subquery in an expression used for the group by list of a GROUP BY clause” in SQL Server (Error 144)
If you’re getting an error that reads something like “Cannot use an aggregate or a subquery in an expression used for the group by list of a GROUP BY clause.” in SQL Server, it looks like you’re trying to use either an aggregate function or a subquery in the GROUP BY clause.
We can’t use aggregates or subqueries in the GROUP BY clause.
To fix this issue, remove any aggregate functions or subqueries from your GROUP BY clause.
Fix “Cannot create index on view because its select list does not include a proper use of COUNT_BIG” in SQL Server (Error 10138)
If you’re getting an error that reads something like “Cannot create index on view … because its select list does not include a proper use of COUNT_BIG…” and so on in SQL Server, it could be that you’re trying to create an index on a view that uses the GROUP BY clause, but doesn’t have the COUNT_BIG() function.
If the view contains a GROUP BY clause, then it must also have COUNT_BIG(*).
To fix this issue, try adding COUNT_BIG(*) to your SELECT list.