I think it is a bad idea to send a longer string when you already know
the length of the field...... With or without truncation.
This is a validation rule of your domain. Why going to the database when you
already know that is going to fail?

2010/9/23 Tyler Burd <[email protected]>

> Maybe it's standard across other DB engines, or maybe I'm just missing
> something obvious, but silently truncating strings by default (and thus
> encouraging the practice) seems like a BAD idea to me...
>
> Tyler Burd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Fabio Maulo
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:06 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [nhusers] Nhibernate 3 truncate behaviour
>
> No, it is not a bug istead it is a specific request to make happy
> MsSqlServer.
> If you want the old behavior you have to copy&paste the SqlClientDrive
> and disable the actual behavior, the you have to specify your
> implementation in the sessio-factory configuration.
>
> --
> Fabio Maulo
>
>
> El 23/09/2010, a las 11:10, Maxim Filimonov <[email protected]>
> escribió:
>
> > Dear Everybody,
> > I've played with Nhibernate 3 Alpha 2 for a while and recently found a
> > bit confusing behaviour at least from standpoint of compatability with
> > version 2.1.2.
> > A problem occurs when I try to insert(didn't try to update but I
> > suppose it can have the same problem) string value to column with
> > limited length.
> > In 2.1.2 when such insert occurs my db engine(MSSQL SERVER 2008)
> > throws an exception "String or binary data would be truncated." which
> > gives me ability to rollback transaction at least if business layer
> > didn't check length of a field. With the version 3.0 Alpha 2 db engine
> > doesn't throw any exception on such insert because value is truncated
> > automagically by nhibernate. Generated SQL:
> > 2.1.2:
> > exec sp_executesql N'INSERT INTO Customers (FirstName) VALUES (@p0);
> > select SCOPE_IDENTITY()',N'@p0 nvarchar(16)',@p0=N'MoreThan3Symbols'
> > 3.0:
> > exec sp_executesql N'INSERT INTO Customers (FirstName) VALUES (@p0);
> > select SCOPE_IDENTITY()',N'@p0 nvarchar(3)',@p0=N'Mor'
> >
> > My mapping:
> > <class name="TruncateBug.Customer,TruncateBug" table="Customers">
> >        <id name="CustomerId" column="CustomerId">
> >            <generator class="native"/>
> >        </id>
> >        <property name="FirstName" column="FirstName" length="3"/>
> >    </class>
> > And the code that doesn't produce exception anymore:
> > var invalidCustomer = new Customer() { FirstName =
> > "MoreThan3Symbols" };
> > int id = (int)session.Save(invalidCustomer);
> >
> > And yes session will contain Customer  object with full length
> > FirstName which could lead to a lot of misunderstanding in further
> > usage of the Customer object in scope of this session.
> >
> > Maybe it's not a bug but a feature but then I hope there is a way to
> > configure nhiberate to throw exception as previously and to not try to
> > create magic for me.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Yours sincerely,
> > Maxim Filimonov
> >
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