Error 2620

Severity Level 21

Message Text

The offset of the row number at offset %d does not match the entry in the offset table of the following page: %S_PAGE.

Explanation

This error can occur during the recover phase of LOAD DATABASE. DBCC statements run before and after the dump often do not show any errors, which can indicate that the dump file became damaged.

Action

The problem is usually fixed only by getting a clean dump and restoring from it.

If the dump file is to be transferred across a network, use a transfer utility that has a verify option, for example, copy /v or xcopy /v. Ideally, the copied dump file should be compared with the original. You can use the Windows NT command FC /B for this.