+21Hello,
A customer of mine has asked to extend one of the fields in IFS9.
My immediate answer was: no go. Don't do it.
The change is relatively simple when looking at the table itself, but the remaining things?
What is your opinion on this?
Regards,
Steve
Best answer by MikeArbon
Hi
I would never change a table setting in oracle. It may seem to be the obvious fix, but it really is not worth the risk. You may not see a problem for weeks/months/years, but when it does cause a problem, it will be a real headache. All changes should be via an IFS release (as annoying as that may be in some cases).
Regards
Mike
+11Hi,
Does that means customer wants to increase the length of a column in database table?
/Savinda
+18I think you are right, don’t make any changes to standard fields and tables in IFS without checking with IFS as this can -
Hope this helps.
+21Customer wants to have more characters in the field. Here even a field with a lot of references and potential functionality: lot/batch on PO receipt. So I go with your remark, Srikanth, other dependent objects may/will be in place.
Thanks.
+10Hi
I would never change a table setting in oracle. It may seem to be the obvious fix, but it really is not worth the risk. You may not see a problem for weeks/months/years, but when it does cause a problem, it will be a real headache. All changes should be via an IFS release (as annoying as that may be in some cases).
Regards
Mike
+8I think adding a custom field that is the size you need could be a reasonable work around. You can display the custom field and hide the standard field that is too short.
+21Thanks for the input to all. I selected answer of @MikeArbon as best as this is also good to mention to customer.
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