Storing a field of length 500 char in a database table

I want to create a ztable in which I need to store the data of length more than 256 , so please let me know , how can we create the field of length 500 chars..
I have tried using STRING and LCHR , but it's not working.
Thank You,
Ankur Goyal

Hi,
Try creating the field like this
1. Create a new data element with required description.
2. While creating data element select 'Built-in type' radio button under Data Type tab. Specify Data type as STRING and press enter. You need not specify Length (or you can provide 500 here, I suggest not to specify field length as it leads to short dump if you enter text more than 500 chars in it).
Note: Once you press enter you can see an information message 'No length restriction'.
3. Save and activate the data element.
4. Use the data element for your text field in your custom table.
Important:
The text field with size >255 chars should not be a key field, neither you should select 'Initial values' option while defining field.
I have tried this and it worked.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Venkat

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