mystery truncating

I have table in SQL Server 2000 that stores comments in one field of type
varchar with a length of 250. A test value entered is 249 characters long.
When I run the following:
select len(comment) from tblcomments where emplid = '241s'
the len returned is 249, as expected. However, once I try concatenating
date and user name info, funny stuff starts happening.
For example, if I run this code:
select len(Cast([Date] as varchar(128)) + ' - ' + NTUSERNAME + ' - ' +
Comment)
from tblcomments where emplid = '241S'
len returned is 284, which is correct. But when the code is run without
using the len() function the result returned has been truncated by 28
characters. I end up with a character output of only 256 characters. I get
the date, the ntusername and the first 221 characters of the comment sting.
For some reason, after concatenating the additional info I'm losing 28
characters and the output is limited to 256 characters. But again, when
using the len function I'm getting 284. What is happening? Any suggestions
?> characters. I end up with a character output of only 256 characters
Where, in QA?
Go to Tools - Options... - Results and increase "Maximum characters per
column". Max value allowed is 8K or 8192.
AMB
"kiloez" wrote:

> I have table in SQL Server 2000 that stores comments in one field of type
> varchar with a length of 250. A test value entered is 249 characters long
.
> When I run the following:
> select len(comment) from tblcomments where emplid = '241s'
> the len returned is 249, as expected. However, once I try concatenating
> date and user name info, funny stuff starts happening.
> For example, if I run this code:
> select len(Cast([Date] as varchar(128)) + ' - ' + NTUSERNAME + ' - ' +
> Comment)
> from tblcomments where emplid = '241S'
> len returned is 284, which is correct. But when the code is run without
> using the len() function the result returned has been truncated by 28
> characters. I end up with a character output of only 256 characters. I g
et
> the date, the ntusername and the first 221 characters of the comment sting
.
> For some reason, after concatenating the additional info I'm losing 28
> characters and the output is limited to 256 characters. But again, when
> using the len function I'm getting 284. What is happening? Any suggestio
ns?
>|||Alejandro, thank you. How can this be done when running the same code from
a
stored procedure? I don't see a similar option in Enterprise Mgr. The
problem was first noticed when running this code from a sp.
"Alejandro Mesa" wrote:
> Where, in QA?
> Go to Tools - Options... - Results and increase "Maximum characters per
> column". Max value allowed is 8K or 8192.
>
> AMB
> "kiloez" wrote:
>|||Where did you run the sp?
This is an internal setting of the client app (QA).
AMB
"kiloez" wrote:
> Alejandro, thank you. How can this be done when running the same code fro
m a
> stored procedure? I don't see a similar option in Enterprise Mgr. The
> problem was first noticed when running this code from a sp.
> "Alejandro Mesa" wrote:
>|||Alejandro, thanks again for replying. I found out what the problem was. I'
m
actually running this sp from a dataenvironment in VB6. After checking the
properties for the sp in the DE I saw that the length for the output
parameter was only 250. After changing it to 8000 output was as it should
be. The character length had already been changed in the sp itself.
"Alejandro Mesa" wrote:
> Where did you run the sp?
> This is an internal setting of the client app (QA).
>
> AMB
> "kiloez" wrote:
>

My question would have been...

Hi,

I am developing an application using C#.NET that accesses a remote database that that contains japanese characters.

My sample querry is strCommand = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE prodname = 'ＣＲ新海物語スペシャルＭ８'";

The result of querry displayed in the binded datagrid also contains other rows that has this prodname:

ＣＲＦ湯けむり紀行ＳＦ－Ｔ
ＣＲぱちんこハイサイＶＲ１
ＣＲホワイトエンジェルＦＳ

etc.

Thanks in advance for your help.

You forgot to ask a question.
|||

Hi,

I am developing an application using C#.NET that accesses a remote database that that contains japanese characters.

My sample querry is strCommand = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE prodname = 'ＣＲ新海物語スペシャルＭ８'";

The result of the querry above that is displayed in the binded datagrid also contains other rows that has this prodname:

ＣＲＦ湯けむり紀行ＳＦ－Ｔ
ＣＲぱちんこハイサイＶＲ１
ＣＲホワイトエンジェルＦＳ

etc.

Why does the command yields other records where the prodname field contains the 'CR' thing?

Sample querry result in a datagrid:

field1 field2 field3 prodname

a as er ＣＲ新海物語スペシャルＭ８

w aa ww ＣＲＦ湯けむり紀行ＳＦ－Ｔ

ss dd ee ＣＲぱちんこハイサイＶＲ1

sdds ddd ee ＣＲ新海物語スペシャルＭ８

rf d5r wwe ＣＲぱちんこハイサイＶＲ１

Does this strange and redundant output has something to do with the Japanese characters contained in some fields

of the table?

Thanks in advance for your help.

|||Try with the correct nvarchar syntax:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE prodname = N'ＣＲ新海物語スペシャルＭ８'