Insert Error: Column name or number of supplied values does not match table definition

SQL Server Error Message: Column name or number of supplied values does not match table definition

Error Message:

Server: Msg 213, Level 16, State 5, Line 1
Insert Error: Column name or number of supplied values does not match table definition.

Causes:

This error occurs when doing an INSERT where the columns list is not specified and the values being inserted, either through the VALUES clause or through a SELECT subquery, are either more than or less than the columns in the table.

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