41396

Product

Name

Event ID

41396

Event Source

MSSQLSERVER

Component

SQLEngine

Symbolic

Name

MAX_SORT_ROWS_EXCEEDED

Message Text

The sort operation exceeded the buffer limit. The stored procedure execution was

aborted. Consult SQL Server Books Online for more information.

Natively compiled stored procedures perform sort operations in memory. There is a limit on

the size of the sort buffer. This error means that the size of the sort buffer exceeds this limit.

The sort operation and the stored procedure execution aborted.

The size of each row or entry in the sort buffer is determined by the number of rows sorted as

well as the number of joins and the number and type of aggregate functions in the query. By

simplifying the query, you can reduce the size of each row thereby fitting more rows in the sort

buffer. The size of the rows in the base tables does not affect the size of each row or entry in

the sort buffer.

Select fewer rows or decrease the complexity of the query by removing joins or aggregate

functions.

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