Using EM to modify live tables is never a good idea. It often will create a
new table, copy all the rows over to the new table and then drop the old
one. So it must have at least as much space available in the db as the
table being modified and its indexes. But that does not explain why EM
worked on the other machine.

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Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
> Hi,
> When trying to modify or add a table using enterprise manager I got this
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> I was able to create a table by using query analyser.
> Could someone help me find the bug?
sql server 2000 enterprise manager - 18 Aug 2005 15:16 GMT
Hi, Andrew,
I beleive that using Enterprise manager is not the best choice. but my
issue occurs even when I try to modify a small database as northwind or pubs.
> Using EM to modify live tables is never a good idea. It often will create a
> new table, copy all the rows over to the new table and then drop the old
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> > I was able to create a table by using query analyser.
> > Could someone help me find the bug?
Andrew J. Kelly - 18 Aug 2005 23:08 GMT
Sounds like a client issue then. Haven't seen that before. You can try
reinstalling the client tools but I bet it is an issue with that machine
more than EM.

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Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
> Hi, Andrew,
> I beleive that using Enterprise manager is not the best choice. but my
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>> > I was able to create a table by using query analyser.
>> > Could someone help me find the bug?