# Table placement problem occurred at compile time

**URL:** <https://forum.p4.org/t/table-placement-problem-occurred-at-compile-time/794>\
**Category:** Getting Started with P4\
**Created:** [May 28, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.p4.org/t/table-placement-problem-occurred-at-compile-time/794 "2023-05-28T01:49:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![xuexia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c0e974/32.png) [@xuexia](https://forum.p4.org/u/xuexia)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.p4.org/t/table-placement-problem-occurred-at-compile-time/794/1 "2023-05-28T01:49:19Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/p4/original/1X/66b1a4073b6a4726d94c68b2c23de6495cb75286.png)

```auto
/root/bf-sde-9.2.0/build/xxx/p4ml/includes/tables.p4(1526): [--Werror=legacy] error: Could not place table .processEntry31: splitting attached tables invkoed from multiple actions not supported
table processEntry31 {
^
Number of errors exceeded set maximum of 1

Makefile:1372: recipe for target 'p4c.ts' failed

```

When I compile the p414 project on the tofino sde9.2.0 platform, I get the above error message. When I delete the table processEntry31( prompted by the compiler), the table processEntry30 defined before it also gets the same error message. I’m confused about “splitting table” error, why does this happen and how can I avoid it.

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**Author:** ![andyfingerhut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.p4.org/andyfingerhut/32/17_2.png) [@andyfingerhut](https://forum.p4.org/u/andyfingerhut)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.p4.org/t/table-placement-problem-occurred-at-compile-time/794/2 "2023-05-28T02:26:45Z")

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