Custome Fields in project

Hi,
In our Project Server config 2003 . We are using MSP_TEXT_FIELDS with TEXT_FIELD_ID = '188744741' to capture project ID. Ideally this table should have single entry for each project. For couple of projects the entry is more than one.
I understand that this is because of Custom Field in Project , but I am unable to find out those field as this is not required.
Can anyone help with database query to fetch custom fields.
Thanks in advance.

Please check the your custom fields are added in Coding Block or not. Then these field must appear in the Addition Assignment section of the field status group.
Regards,
Gaurav

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