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1410961 - ORA-12899: value too large for column - Data Services

Symptom

  • <ORA-12899: value too large for column "DatabaseName"."TableName"."ColumnName" (actual: 11, maximum: 10)>
  • Oracle error but the field is not too long and should fit.
  • NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS is set to BYTE on the database


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Environment

  • SAP Data Services 4.x
  • Oracle

Product

SAP Data Services 2025 ; SAP Data Services 4.2 ; SAP Data Services 4.3

Keywords

BODS, DS, ORA, ORCL, 12899, value too large , KBA , EIM-DS-EXE , Job Execution , Problem

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