Re: SQL: String data, right truncation

From:

"AliR $VC++ MVP$" <AliR@online.nospam>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 10:47:36 -0500

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<kmsOi.4700$oA2.2906@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com>

Try using VarBinary(MAX) instead of binary.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178158.aspx

AliR.

"Peter Schmitz" <PeterSchmitz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Thanks for replying!
Unfortunately, I now get the error (when I create the table), that a value
of 65000 (which is biggest size my binary buffer can grow to) is greater
than
8000 - the max value for all data types....

"AliR (VC++ MVP)" wrote:

Does your RFX_Binary call look like this?

RFX_Binary(pFX,_T("BinaryColumn"),&m_ByteArray,34568);

the 34568 is the max value of the BinaryColumn. By default you can only
send 255 bytes.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yd6x6wbd(vs.80).aspx

AliR.

"Peter Schmitz" <PeterSchmitz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am trying to write binary data to a table column of type VARBINARY
(created beforehand). So, I copy the binary data to the CByteArray of
my
ODBC
consumer class, but when I call Update() to write the new data to the
database, I receive the error "String data, right truncation". Could
this
happen due to carriage returns or bytes with a value of 0 in the data?
Because unfortunately, the binary data can take any value possible -
including 0...

Can anyone help?

Best wishes,

Peter

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