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1925368 - Dump BCD_FIELD_OVERFLOW occurred during table conversion

Symptom

Data type was changed for one table field from DEC 8/2 to DEC 8/4 which triggered table conversion via SE14.

Before change:

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After change:

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Because this change cannot be performed via update SQL statement, SE14 was executed to do table conversion for this table. Bump BCD_FIELD_OVERFLOW occurred during conversion:
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Conversion stopped at step 5 in SE14:

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Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental.


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Environment

SAP NetWeaver release independent

Product

SAP NetWeaver all versions

Keywords

BCD_FIELD_OVERFLOW, CX_SY_CONVERSION_OVERFLOW, SE14, SE11, Error in step 5, table conversion , KBA , BC-DWB-DIC-AC , ABAP Dictionary Activation and Conversion , Problem

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