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Question

I am running data.bat file with the following lines:

Rem Tis batch file will populate tables

cd\program files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL
osql -U sa -P Password -d MyBusiness -i c:\data.sql

The contents of the data.sql file is:

   insert Customers
            (CustomerID, CompanyName, Phone)
             Values('101','Southwinds','19126602729')

There are 8 more similar lines for adding records.

When I run this with start > run > cmd > c:\data.bat, I get this error message:

1>2>3>4>5>....<1 row affected>
Msg 8152, Level 16, State 4, Server SP1001, Line 1
string or binary data would be truncated.

<1 row affected>

<1 row affected>

<1 row affected>

<1 row affected>

<1 row affected>

<1 row affected>

Also, I am a newbie obviously, but what do Level #, and state # mean, and how do I look up error messages such as the one above: 8152?

Answer 1

From @gmmastros's answer

Whenever you see the message....

string or binary data would be truncated 

Think to yourself... The field is NOT big enough to hold my data.

Check the table structure for the customers table. I think you'll find that the length of one or more fields is NOT big enough to hold the data you are trying to insert. For example, if the Phone field is a varchar(8) field, and you try to put 11 characters in to it, you will get this error.

Answer 2

In one of the INSERT statements you are attempting to insert a too long string into a string (varchar or nvarchar) column.

If it's not obvious which INSERT is the offender by a mere look at the script, you could count the <1 row affected> lines that occur before the error message. The obtained number plus one gives you the statement number. In your case it seems to be the second INSERT that produces the error.

Answer 3

I had this issue although data length was shorter than the field length. It turned out that the problem was having another log table (for audit trail), filled by a trigger on the main table, where the column size also had to be changed.

Answer 4

I had the same issue. The length of my column was too short. What you can do is either increase the lenght or shorten the text you want to put in the database.

Answer 5

on sql server you can use SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF like this:

        using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=XRAYGOAT\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog='Healthy Care';Integrated Security=True"))
        {
            conn.Open();

            using (var trans = conn.BeginTransaction())
            {
                try
                {
                    using cmd = new SqlCommand("", conn, trans))
                    { 

                    cmd.CommandText = "SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF";
                    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

                    cmd.CommandText = "YOUR INSERT HERE";
                    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

                    cmd.Parameters.Clear();

                    cmd.CommandText = "SET ANSI_WARNINGS ON";
                    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

                    trans.Commit();
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception)
                {

                    trans.Rollback();
                }

            }

            conn.Close();

        }