Error: "Invalid Length Parameter Passed To The LEFT Or SUBSTRING Function" Executing Publish Audit Global Scheduled Service Using SQL Server Database (Doc ID 2360727.1)

Last updated on MARCH 25, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

When using a SQL Server project management database and running the Global Schedule Service Publish Audit Data, it fails with the following error:

ERROR
Publish Audit Data Log:
2018-01-23 00:03:27:[TASK]:[PxAuditServiceTaskImpl]: [1] CORE(BRE): Executing: px_audit_demand...
SEVERE: 2018-01-23 00:03:27:[TASK]:[PxAuditServiceTaskImpl]: [1] CORE(BRE): Invalid length parameter passed to the LEFT or SUBSTRING function.
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Invalid length parameter passed to the LEFT or SUBSTRING function.
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException.makeFromDatabaseError(SQLServerException.java:196)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerStatement.getNextResult(SQLServerStatement.java:1454)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerPreparedStatement.doExecutePreparedStatement(SQLServerPreparedStatement.java:388)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerPreparedStatement$PrepStmtExecCmd.doExecute(SQLServerPreparedStatement.java:338)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.TDSCommand.execute(IOBuffer.java:4026)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.executeCommand(SQLServerConnection.java:1416)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerStatement.executeCommand(SQLServerStatement.java:185)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerStatement.executeStatement(SQLServerStatement.java:160)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerPreparedStatement.execute(SQLServerPreparedStatement.java:320)
at com.primavera.infr.db.PPreparedStatement.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.primavera.px.audit.PxAuditServiceTaskImpl.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.primavera.px.audit.PxAuditServiceTaskImpl.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.primavera.infr.threadpool.ThreadPoolImpl.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Configure the "Publish Audit Data" global service to run.
2. View the log file of the "Publish Audit Data" job.
3. Note the error "Invalid length parameter passed to the LEFT or SUBSTRING function."

Changes

Cause

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