mssqlserver-125-database-engine-error.md

title	MSSQLSERVER_125
description	MSSQLSERVER_125
author	MashaMSFT
ms.author	mathoma
ms.date	04/04/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	supportability
ms.topic	reference
ms.custom	ignite-2025
f1_keywords	125
helpviewer_keywords	125 (Database Engine error)

MSSQLSERVER_125

[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance FabricSQLDB]

Details

Attribute	Value
Product Name	SQL Server
Event ID	125
Event Source	MSSQLSERVER
Component	SQLEngine
Symbolic Name
Message Text	Case expressions may only be nested to level %d.

Explanation

[!INCLUDEssNoVersion] allows for only 10 levels of nesting in CASE expressions.

User Action

Reduce the level of CASE statements to 10 or less.

See Also

CASE (Transact-SQL)