Error when executing the procedure

• Darren Lacy

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  October 28, 2008 at 6:37 am

  #200401

  Nice script. While running this proc during a particular index rebuild, I get the following error:

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  Msg 536, Level 16, State 5, Procedure dba_WhatSQLIsExecuting, Line 17

  Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function.

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  The sql I was running was:

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  USE [BI_DW]

  GO

  /****** Object: Index [idx_FXT_WHSE] Script Date: 10/28/2008 07:29:21 ******/

  IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.indexes WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[fact_Forecast]') AND name = N'idx_FXT_WHSE')

  DROP INDEX [idx_FXT_WHSE] ON [dbo].[fact_Forecast] WITH ( ONLINE = OFF )

  /****** Object: Index [idx_FXT_WHSE] Script Date: 10/28/2008 07:29:39 ******/

  CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [idx_FXT_WHSE] ON [dbo].[fact_Forecast]

  (

  [WAREHOUSE_KEY] ASC

  )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, DROP_EXISTING = OFF, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]

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  If I comment out the column with the substring, the procedure runs again. Any ideas?

  Thanks.

• danschl

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  October 28, 2008 at 1:06 pm

  #890877

  Very nice, now if i could just get everbody here to get off of sql 2000 i would be set

• vasanth-257691

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  July 1, 2009 at 2:14 am

  #1018211

  i was using this sql in prod environment.

  i also got the same error

  invalid length error in substring.

  i gave a try catch block inside the sp.

  why this error comes ?