Alphanumeric Column Size Cannot be decreased

I'm getting a "Alphanumeric Column Size Cannot be decreased" any time I create an alpha numeric UDF and set the length less than the default length of 10
Any Ideas to get around this?

Hi James,
This was a bug in earlier patches of 2005A SP1. What patch level are you on? I think patch 16 or 18 fixed this issue.
There was a workaround, something like changing the field type to text (without saving) and then changing it back to alphanumeric which then allows you to have a default length less than 10. Sorry, I don't have the specific detatils with me at the moment.
Kind Regards,
Owen

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