Problem With Text Field: Text Input Too Long, Weird Characters
May 15, 2006
Hi,
Im a programmer for an university webportal which uses php and msssql.
When an user creates a new entry and his text is too long the entry is cut short and weird characters appear at the end of the entry.
For example:
http://www.ttz.uni-magdeburg.de/scripts/test-messedb/php/index.php?option=show_presse&funktion=presse_show_mitteilung&id=333
How can I set the text limit to unlimited?
Could it be something else?
Is there a way of splitting an entry to several text fields automatically?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me,
Chris
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Mar 26, 2004
I have the following problem. My SQL Query that i wrote works but the result that is displayed in Query analyzer cuts most of my long text that I want in my result. The long text string is approx about 400 characters and the type is varchar of the field. Any ideas??
SELECT '510', PRODCLASSID
, '1', COMPONENTID,'ENG'+SPACE(2),'#'+SPACE(254),'#'+SPAC E(254),'#'+SPACE(254),'#'+SPACE(99),externalid,
'Desc1' = CASE
WHEN SUBSTRING(externalid,1,2) = 'MF'
THEN 'Full machine warranty : parts, labour, mileage and others covered at warranty rates applicable at the time of repair. '
WHEN SUBSTRING(externalid,1,2) = 'MP'
THEN 'Full machine warranty, parts only : parts covered at warranty rates applicable at the time of repair. '
WHEN SUBSTRING(externalid,1,2) = 'PF'
THEN 'Power line warranty : parts, labour, mileage and others covered at warranty rates applicable at the time of repair. '
WHEN SUBSTRING(externalid,1,2) = 'PP'
THEN 'Power line warranty, parts only : parts are covered at warranty rates applicable at the time of repair. '
END
+
CASE
WHEN SUBSTRING(externalid,LEN(externalid)- 3,4) = '2018'
THEN 'Flexible warranty starts after the standard warranty period has expired and is covered up to 18 month or 2000 HRS, whichever comes first. '
WHEN SUBSTRING(externalid,LEN(externalid)-3,4) = '3024'
THEN 'Flexible warranty starts after the standard warranty period has expired and is covered up to 24 month or 3000 HRS, whichever comes first. '
WHEN SUBSTRING(externalid,LEN(externalid)-3,4) = '4030'
THEN 'Flexible warranty starts after the standard warranty period has expired and is covered up to 30 month or 4000 HRS, whichever comes first. '
WHEN SUBSTRING(externalid,LEN(externalid)-3,4) = '5036'
THEN 'Flexible warranty starts after the standard warranty period has expired and is covered up to 36 month or 5000 HRS, whichever comes first. '
WHEN SUBSTRING(externalid,LEN(externalid)-3,4) = '6042'
THEN 'Flexible warranty starts after the standard warranty period has expired and is covered up to 42 month or 6000 HRS, whichever comes first. '
WHEN SUBSTRING(externalid,LEN(externalid)-3,4) = '8054'
THEN 'Flexible warranty starts after the standard warranty period has expired and is covered up to 54 month or 8000 HRS, whichever comes first. '
WHEN SUBSTRING(externalid,LEN(externalid)-3,4) = '1074'
THEN 'Flexible warranty starts after the standard warranty period has expired and is covered up to 74 month or 10000 HRS, whichever comes first. '
END
+ 'Flexible warranty is handled according to the procedures described in ESPPM 3-10.'
+
CASE
WHEN prodclassid IN ('P1','P11','P8','P9')
THEN ' (mileage limited to 300 km)'
WHEN prodclassid IN ('P7')
THEN ' (mileage limited to 200 km)'
ELSE NULL
END
+
SPACE(5000 - LEN('Desc1'))
.......
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Hi
I
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procedure to save that user input into database through an insert statement, but
for some reason it just never store the whole string of 2000 characters but only
store some of it (like 100 or something) .. Seems like a data type problem…(I am using SQL server 2000)
This
is what I have defined:
---------------------------------------
In
storeprocedure:
@iidea2
varchar(2000)
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FROM #TEMPLATE
READTEXT Template.#TEMPLATE @ptrval 0 @length
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I'm extremely new to SQL so be nice
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Code:
Update AR_Primary_asset
Set AR_Primary_asset.description = AR_Primary_asset.description + ' -- Disposed'
Where AR_Primary_Asset.ASSET_REF in ('1','2','4')
I found on the Mircosoft pages about UPDATETEXT, but this only seem to work to update one row (In the case below Asset_ref = 3, was the only row effected) .
Code:
DECLARE @Dispose binary(16)
SELECT @Dispose = TEXTPTR(DESCRIPTION)
FROM AR_PRIMARY_ASSET
WHERE AR_Primary_Asset.ASSET_REF in ('1','2','3')
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Code:
DECLARE @Dispose varbinary(16)
DECLARE cursor1 CURSOR FOR
SELECT TEXTPTR(DESCRIPTION)
FROM AR_Primary_Asset
Where AR_Primary_Asset.ASSET_REF in('1','2','3')
OPEN cursor1
FETCH NEXT FROM cursor1
INTO @Dispose
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
UPDATETEXT AR_Primary_Asset.DESCRIPTION @Dispose NULL NULL ' -- Disposed'
FETCH NEXT FROM cursor1
INTO @Dispose
END
CLOSE cursor1
DEALLOCATE cursor1
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Quote: Msg 403, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals add, type equals text.
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Please Comment.
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Ray Miao at 7/19/00 8:24:08 AM
You should use readtext and writetext to access text column. By the way, nchar and nvarchar can hold up to 4000 characteres.
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Wong at 7/18/00 11:43:15 PM
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