Too many columns in table

Item Value
SQLCODE -616
Constant SQLE_TOO_MANY_COLUMNS_IN_TABLE
SQLSTATE 52W20
Sybase error code 1702
ODBC 2 State ERROR
ODBC 3 State ERROR

Probable cause 

You executed a CREATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE statement, which attempted to add a column to a table. The resulting number of columns in the table would exceed the limit for the current database page size.