[progress Communities] [progress Openedge Abl] Forum Post: Re: Would Like Some Info On Dbtool

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Note that in the Progress schema, fields don't actually have fixed widths. There is a default format for display, but no requirement to use that format for display or populating the field. The original SQL width is a "guess" based on the format, but may be highly inappropriate depending on how the field is used. So, use dbtool regularly to get adequate widths for the actual data. As noted, this width will be preserved if you do a dump/load or similar operation and it will not impact your ABL application.

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