Value too large for defined data type

Hi,
i have a Sun Netra t1 105. Sometimes when I try to start top, i get the error message in $SUBJECT.
Does someone have a hint?
Thanks in advance
Tosh42

I've concatenated several files together from my web servers as I wanted a single report, several reports based on individual web servers is no use.
I'm running iWS 6.1 SP6 on Solaris 10, on a zoned T2000
SunOS 10 Generic_118833-23 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200
Cheers
Chris

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When trying to debug a cpp program using dbx within the solaris9 I get the following error.
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O82647310CF4D425C8AED9AAE_MAP_ProfileLoader                              1     2011-05-26 14:59:00.0     11
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O68A16A57F2054A13B8761BDC_MAP_ProfileLoader                              1     2011-05-26 14:59:11.0     5
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O78AD6B482FC44D8BB7AF8357_MAP_ProfileLoader                              1     2011-05-26 14:59:16.0     9
ORA-12899: value too large for column "SCHEMA"."OBF77A8BA8E6847B8AAE4522F98D6"."ITEM_NAME_2" (actual: 41, maximum: 40)
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OA79DF482D74847CF8EA05807_MAP_ProfileLoader                              1     2011-05-26 14:59:25.0     10
ORA-12899: value too large for column "SCHEMA"."OB0052CBCA5784DAD935F9FCF2E28"."ITEM_NAME_1" (actual: 41, maximum: 40)
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>
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Edited by: ranit B on Oct 16, 2012 11:48 PM
Edited by: ranit B on Oct 16, 2012 11:54 PM

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PASSWORD
ERROR at line 14:
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Additionally I found this matrix, which explains your problem:
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When your oracle insertion throws this error, it implies that some value that you are trying to insert into the table is larger than the allocated size.
Just check the format of your table and the respective size of each field on your oracle cleint by using the command,
DESCRIBE <tablename> .
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String Literal does not match type
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Bhavesh

SQL Error: ORA-12899: value too large for column

Hi,
I'm trying to understand the above error. It occurs when we are migrating data from one oracle database to another:
Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-12899: value too large for column "USER_XYZ"."TAB_XYZ"."COL_XYZ" (actual: 10, maximum: 8)
12899. 00000 - "value too large for column %s (actual: %s, maximum: %s)"
*Cause:    An attempt was made to insert or update a column with a value
which is too wide for the width of the destination column.
The name of the column is given, along with the actual width
of the value, and the maximum allowed width of the column.
Note that widths are reported in characters if character length
semantics are in effect for the column, otherwise widths are
reported in bytes.
*Action:   Examine the SQL statement for correctness. Check source
and destination column data types.
Either make the destination column wider, or use a subset
of the source column (i.e. use substring).
The source database runs - Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.7.0 - 64bit Production
The target database runs - Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
The source and target table are identical and the column definitions are exactly the same. The column we get the error on is of CHAR(8). To migrate the data we use either a dblink or oracle datapump, both result in the same error. The data in the column is a fixed length string of 8 characters.
To resolve the error the column "COL_XYZ" gets widened by:
alter table TAB_XYZ modify (COL_XYZ varchar2(10));
-alter table TAB_XYZ succeeded.
We now move the data from the source into the target table without problem and then run:
select max(length(COL_XYZ)) from TAB_XYZ;
-8
So the maximal string length for this column is 8 characters. To reduce the column width back to its original 8, we then run:
alter table TAB_XYZ modify (COL_XYZ varchar2(8));
-Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-01441: cannot decrease column length because some value is too big
01441. 00000 - "cannot decrease column length because some value is too big"
*Cause:
*Action:
So we leave the column width at 10, but the curious thing is - once we have the data in the target table, we can then truncate the same table at source (ie. get rid of all the data) and move the data back in the original table (with COL_XYZ set at CHAR(8)) - without any issue.
My guess the error has something to do with the storage on the target database, but I would like to understand why. If anybody has an idea or suggestion what to look for - much appreciated.
Cheers.

843217 wrote:
Note that widths are reported in characters if character length
semantics are in effect for the column, otherwise widths are
reported in bytes.You are looking at character lengths vs byte lengths.
The data in the column is a fixed length string of 8 characters.
select max(length(COL_XYZ)) from TAB_XYZ;
-8
So the maximal string length for this column is 8 characters. To reduce the column width back to its original 8, we then run:
alter table TAB_XYZ modify (COL_XYZ varchar2(8));varchar2(8 byte) or varchar2(8 char)?
Use SQL Reference for datatype specification, length function, etc.
For more info, reference {forum:id=50} forum on the topic. And of course, the Globalization support guide.

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