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1560783 - All string are defined with a length of 65,534 characters when reporting off a Universe in Cystal Reports

Symptom

  • Wrong Database field length.
  • Size of text field all equal to 65,534 characters.
  • When viewing the Data Type in the Field Explorer or Data Explorer, all string data type are defined with [65534].
  • The field length displayed in Crystal Reports is not equal to the database field length defined in the data source.
  • When reporting off the same data source in Crystal Reports, the field length for string equal to the size defined in the data source.
  • In Crystal Reports, and Crystal Reports for Enterprise, when reporting off a Universe, all the Database Fields of data type: String, have a length of 65,534 characters.


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Environment

  • SAP Crystal Reports 2008
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2011
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2013
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2016
         
  • SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0
  • SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.1
  • SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.2

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2011 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2013 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2016

Keywords

UNV, UNX, wrong, CR, CR4E, CR for Enterprise, length , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem

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