The value inserted into CMCITY is from a char(30) field.
This was an old, old, old RPG program that used RLA to build a workfile (ARINFOCM) that was then transformed to Excel.
Several years ago, I scrapped the RPG code for an SQL statement. I never noticed that the size of CMCITY was smaller than "city" filed in our ERP.
So I just changed CMCITY to be char(30) - problem solved. I was just wondering how we didn't see any issues in the last 2 years. Either the error didn't occur, we didn't encounter a city over 20 characters, or our clients didn't pay any attention to the report.
Since I regularly install PTF groups (weekly), I wondered if that may have something to do with it.
After this discussion, I'm thinking the 3rd option above is the most likely.
IMHO, if the truncation error is a severity 30 and halts an insert, it would be nice if the compile would fail. I mean it knows the lengths of both fields in a static statement.
-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Birgitta Hauser
Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2022 2:25 AM
To: 'RPG programming on IBM i' <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Suddenly I have SQL Insert errors?
How is the insert value for the CMCITY built? Are 2 columns concatenated and
the result is longer then 30 characters?
If so you should explicitly cast the value or explicitly truncate it to the
maximum length
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-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Greg
Wilburn
Sent: Mittwoch, 6. April 2022 21:40
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Suddenly I have SQL Insert errors?
I have a simple SQLRPGLE program that aggregates summary data and inserts it
into another DB file. This program has been running for years.
Now I'm getting this error:
SQL0404
Message . . . . : Value for column or variable CMCITY too long.
Cause . . . . . : An INSERT, UPDATE, MERGE, SET, VALUES INTO, or GET
DIAGNOSTICS statement specifies a value that is longer than the maximum
length string that can be stored in CMCITY. The length of CMCITY is 20 and
the length of the string is 30.
Recovery . . . : Reduce the length of the string from 30 to a maximum of
20
and try the request again.
Instead of just truncating and continuing to insert the remaining date, it
halted the insert altogether.
Easy enough to fix... BUT
1. I'm absolutely certain this situation would have occurred on a regular
basis in the past, and
2. This is the second SQL insert error I've seen TODAY that halted the
insert (the other was a NULL value into a character field).
Seems maybe a PTF or something has tightened up the syntax on the SQE??
TIA,
Greg
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