In the past, with older versions, I did this once. It caused a buffer overflow and crashed the server. I have checked it on newer versions and it no longer does this. I have not experienced the error he is having, but it's worth a look.
Thanks, Gary Opela, Jr., RSP Remedy Engineer Leader Communications, Inc. http://www.5pointleader.com http://www.lcibest.com Best Product, Best People, Best PriceTM An ISO 9001:2000 Certified, CMMI(r) Level 3 Rated Company ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shafqat Ayaz Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:51 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Data types not appropriate for arithmitic operation ** Hello Drew I have found that if you push a 0 length field into a char field with a length of say 255 chars, even though the field contains a single character it will give you this error. check the field lengths of the fields you are pushing and the field you are pushing into. that is the only thing i can think of, that will cause this type of error kind regards Shafqat Ayaz "Break the Rules, Forgive Quickly, Kiss Slowly, Love Truly, Laugh Uncontrollably, And Never Regret anything that made you Smile.." --- On Tue, 5/13/08, Drew Shuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Drew Shuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Data types not appropriate for arithmitic operation To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 5:43 PM James, thank you for that suggestion, but it didn't help. It must be something else. Drew On Tue, 13 May 2008, jham36 wrote: > Are you inserting a carriage return there? If so you need to put a > carriage return in this way: > Click the expand box for the set fields action. At the end of the line > put a double quote. Press enter, then put another double quote. > In the expand box it would look like this: > > "Server Start/Stop Instructions: " + $SRVR_STRT_STP_INSTR_DESC?$ + "." > + " > " + "Server Function Description: " + $SRVR_FUNCTN_DESC$ > > Click OK and it will look something like this: > "Server Start/Stop Instructions: " + $SRVR_STRT_STP_INSTR_DESC?$ + "." > + "|" " + "Server Function Description: " + $SRVR_FUNCTN_DESC$ > > You can't insert a carriage return in the single line view of the set > fields. You need to do it after clicking the expand box. When you > save, the system will put in the appropriate parentheses. > > > James > > > On May 13, 12:20 pm, Drew Shuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello everyone, could someone give me a sanity check? I have a filter that >> pulls data from a staging form and pushes it into the AST:WorkLog form. >> But it errors out:ARERR [312] Data types are not appropriate for arithmetic operation >> >> Here's my set fields: >> ((( "Server Start/Stop Instructions: " + $SRVR_STRT_STP_INSTR_DESC?$) + >> ". ") + " >> Server Function Description: ") + $SRVR_FUNCTN_DESC$ >> >> Those fields are character fields. The field in AST:Worklog is also a >> character field, with a length of 0. This should be working, shouldn't it? >> Or am I missing something? >> >> Drew >> Tulsa >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ ___-____ >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives atwww.arslist.org >> Platinum Sponsor:www.rmsportal.comARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > ________________________________________________________________________ _______ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
