Subject Re: [ib-support] arithmetic exception, numeric overflow, or string truncation
Author Dimitry Sibiryakov
On 15 Feb 2002 at 5:20, Claudio Valderrama C. wrote:

> I once explained Jason Wharton why this
> message cannot be enhanced [easily] to say which is the field that failed.
> Basically, at the [low] level it's detected and handled, there's no info
> about field names. At most, you find descriptors.
>
> (Or I would have done something about it already.)

Ok, server can't tell us the name of the wrong field. But
I still wonder how it is possible - to mix up a numeric
overflow and inability to convert a string between
charsets.

SY, Dimitry Sibiryakov.