[STUDIO] Change field length

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 8/30/06 6:45 PM, "Bill Mounce" <BillMounce at Comcast.net> wrote:

Hi Bill,

> I have a field that is a VarChar field of 7000 in length (Valentina
> version 1). When I use Studfio to convert it to version 2, it is
> truncated to 2044. If I try to change it back to 7000, Studio
> wouldn't do it. Some of the field attributes will change such as the
> field type, but even as a String or Text, I can't reset the field
> length.
> 
> So I have two questions:
> 
> 1. Why is it truncated?
> 
> 2. Why can't I change the length?

Valentina 2.3 have set limit for VarChar fields in 4K bytes.
This is 2044 for UTF16

You need switch to TEXT Field, if you really have so big strings.

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Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

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