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

Last updated on APRIL 27, 2018

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."

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