inserted value on text field gets truncated after 255 chars

Hello,
I have a SP on SQL Server 2005 (Express Ed.) which performs an INSERT
statement over a table. In the table I have two 'text' fields with the
same properties, with just one difference: one field allows nulls, the
other one does not.
Well, one field actually accepts only the first 255 chars (the nullable
field), while the other field has no problems.
The "Length" property is set to 16 for both fields, as I said all the
properties but one (null/not null) are exactly the same, and also the
context is the same (same database, same table).
Many thanks for your help!
GiovanniHow does your SP look?
It sounds like you truncate it somewhere there. Maybe the parameter is
a varchar or something like that?|||How are you validating that only 255 characters are there? Are you using
SELECT DATALENGTH(col_name) FROM table? Or are you counting the number of
characters in the result set?
"gm1974" <gmascia@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1138737544.776002.219580@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
> I have a SP on SQL Server 2005 (Express Ed.) which performs an INSERT
> statement over a table. In the table I have two 'text' fields with the
> same properties, with just one difference: one field allows nulls, the
> other one does not.
> Well, one field actually accepts only the first 255 chars (the nullable
> field), while the other field has no problems.
> The "Length" property is set to 16 for both fields, as I said all the
> properties but one (null/not null) are exactly the same, and also the
> context is the same (same database, same table).
> Many thanks for your help!
> Giovanni
>|||gm1974 wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a SP on SQL Server 2005 (Express Ed.) which performs an INSERT
> statement over a table. In the table I have two 'text' fields with the
> same properties, with just one difference: one field allows nulls, the
> other one does not.
> Well, one field actually accepts only the first 255 chars (the
> nullable field), while the other field has no problems.
> The "Length" property is set to 16 for both fields, as I said all the
> properties but one (null/not null) are exactly the same, and also the
> context is the same (same database, same table).
>
Are you testing it in QA? If so, you should modify the "maximum characters
per column" setting in the QA options dialog.
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header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a
quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.|||Oh, I must be really tired. I definitely forgot to change parameter
type in the SP, it was still set at VarChar(255), so the value was
truncated!
Better to get some sleep, many thanks for your help.|||Thanks for your help, it may be useful in the future.
Giovanni