Forum Post: RE: Export from progress to SQL server Database - Error messages

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The 4GL does not impose a max width on varchar columns, only on the total row size. This is different from SQL VARCHAR, which does have a maximum size. The max width used by the OpenEdge SQL is derived from the default /display/ format. But it is just a default for display. As some else noted previously, you can make the 4GL runtime enforce the max width setting if you choose to, but most people do not.

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