SQL Server Error Msg 35346 – SPLIT clause of ALTER PARTITION statement failed because the partition is not empty.  Only empty partitions can be split in when a columnstore index exists on the table. Consider an ALTER TABLE SWITCH operation from one of the nonempty partitions on the source table to a temporary staging table and then re-attempt the ALTER PARTITION SPLIT operation. Once completed, use ALTER TABLE SWITCH to move the staging table partition back to the original source table.

In this blog post, let’s learn about the error message “35346 – SPLIT clause of ALTER PARTITION statement failed because the partition is not empty.  Only empty partitions can be split in when a columnstore index exists on the table. Consider an ALTER TABLE SWITCH operation from one of the nonempty partitions on the source table to a temporary staging table and then re-attempt the ALTER PARTITION SPLIT operation. Once completed, use ALTER TABLE SWITCH to move the staging table partition back to the original source table.” in Microsoft SQL Server, the reason why it appears and the solution to fix it.

SQL Server Error Message

35346 – SPLIT clause of ALTER PARTITION statement failed because the partition is not empty.  Only empty partitions can be split in when a columnstore index exists on the table. Consider an ALTER TABLE SWITCH operation from one of the nonempty partitions on the source table to a temporary staging table and then re-attempt the ALTER PARTITION SPLIT operation. Once completed, use ALTER TABLE SWITCH to move the staging table partition back to the original source table.

Reason for the Error

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Solution

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