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When I reverse engineer from a Progress 9.1e database I get the following error message:
“Column _Desc in table pub._File has value exceeding its max length of precision”
Is this a configuration of the secondary (SQL) broker that I need to set on the Progress server?
Any help, much appreciated!
Progress uses variable length fields for it’s character fields, so if a record’s field data length is > the SQL width, the result is errors like this.
You’ll need to either change the SQL width of the _File table or shorten the data in the offending _file._desc record.
Keep in mind that the _file tables are part of the db schema, so messing with them directly isn’t recommended.