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Database Administration
Reference : Database Startup Parameters : Alphabetical listing of database startup parameters : Authorized Data Truncation(-SQLTruncateToolarge)
 
Authorized Data Truncation(-SQLTruncateToolarge)
Operating system and syntax
UNIX / Windows
-SQLTruncateToolarge { ON|ALL|OFF|OUTPUT}
Use with
Maximum value
Minimum value
Single-user default
Multi-user default
CC, DBS
OFF
OFF
OUTPUT
Set this parameter to OUTPUT to truncate the data returned to the user when its size exceeds the column size. All SQL operations such as comparison, sorting use actual data and only the output is truncated.
ON/ALL
Set this parameter to ON or ALL to perform SQL operations on truncated data. Also the data returned to the user is also truncated when its size exceeds the column size.
OFF
When the parameter value is set to OFF, data will not be truncated and an error is returned.