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everton
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Posted - 03/18/2013 :  09:21:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello Everyone:

I have a table that I need to import data into. In order not to truncate data during the import i have to alter several columns. Once I alter the table the data for a "text" field disappears, even though i did not touch that column. It is the only test field in the table. Any help will be appreciated.

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visakh16
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Posted - 03/18/2013 :  13:06:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hmm...where you trying to alter column type through the ui rather than through the ALTER TABLE t-sql code?

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everton
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Posted - 03/18/2013 :  15:19:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
No UI. Just code. I did nt alter the column type. Just changed the length of several fields, but not the text field in question.
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visakh16
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Posted - 03/19/2013 :  01:09:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
nope...my question did you do it through t-sql statements or through UI?

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everton
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Posted - 03/19/2013 :  02:56:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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visakh16
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Posted - 03/19/2013 :  11:41:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
is the attempt to change identity property of column as well in alter? in any case posting the problematic statement would really help!

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