SQL Server Error Code – 2725 an online operation cannot be performed

In this blog post, you’ll learn more about the SQL Server Error Code 2725 and the error message description that is shown

SQL Server Error Code

2725

SQL Server Error Description for the Code :2725

An online operation cannot be performed for %S_MSG ?%.*ls? because the index contains column ?%.*ls? of data type text, ntext, image or FILESTREAM. For a non-clustered index, the column could be an include column of the index. For a clustered index, the column could be any column of the table. If DROP_EXISTING is used, the column could be part of a new or old index. The operation must be performed offline.