SQL Server Error : 9999, Severity: 16. The column ‘%.*ls’ in the table ‘%.*ls’

SQL Server Error : 9999 Details

SQL Server Error: 9999
Severity: 16
Event Logged or not: No
Description:
The column ‘%.*ls’ in the table ‘%.*ls’ cannot be used for full-text search because it is a sparse column set.
Severity 16 Description:
Indicates general errors that can be corrected by the user.

Reading sql server error log location from SQL Query

Identifying SQL Server Error Log File used by SQL Server Database Engine can be done by reading SQL Server Error Logs. DBA can execute the XP_READERRORLOG extended stored procedure to read the SQL Server Error Log and search for its location used by the instance of SQL Server.

USE master
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xp_readerrorlog 0, 1, N'Logging SQL Server messages in file', NULL, NULL, N'asc'
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Solution for Resolving the Error

Make sure the column name is right.  The error “The column ‘%.*ls’ in the table ‘%.*ls’ cannot be used for full-text search because it is a sparse column set.” specifies the column name is not right.

SQL Server Error Code and solution summary

SQL Server Error: 9999
Severity: 16
Event Logged or not: No
Description:
The column ‘%.*ls’ in the table ‘%.*ls’ cannot be used for full-text search because it is a sparse column set.