Hi,
I am troubleshooting the following issue. And I can't figure out what causes it.
A somewhat long SQL Select has the following segment:
REPLICATE(' ',10-LEN(ALLTRIM(REFERENCE)))The purpose of the above is to create a string of entity codes (nbsp) equal to the number of spaces after some entry in a field. The field name is REFERENCE. It used to be up to 10 characters in length. And the user was able to enter only up to 10 characters. And the above code worked.
Then I increased the length of the field to 15. But the entry in the field is still the same, less or equal to 10 characters.
Now the above code does not work. The SQL Select returns the error:
String is too long to fit.
If I change the 10 in the above REPLICATE with 15, no error.
REPLICATE(' ',15-LEN(ALLTRIM(REFERENCE)))I don't understand why? Since the entry in the REFERENCE field is still only up 10 characters, the code 10-LEN... should work. Unless I miss something obvious.
TIA for any explanation
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