Refreshing When Column Size Changes Doesn't Work

[silverbullettruck2001]

If the only thing that changes in a layout is the column length of a field, the refresh doesn't work. In my situation I had a column named ColumnA and it went from being a length of 3 to a length of 4. I went into the EBCDIC Source component, went to the Input/Outputs tab and clicked 'Refresh'. Then when the package is run it errors saying that the output is not big enough. If you delete the EBCDIC Source component, load the same layout, and wire up the outputs it works fine. I validated that the database source was fine, it just has issues with the output not being the correct size now that the data flowing to the output is longer than what it was.

[benharrell]

interesting...i'll see why it's not picking up the difference

[benharrell]

i was able to reproduce this and will investigate a fix. for now please try this workaround:

after making a change in your layout save the package THEN go into the EBCDIC Source and use the Refresh button. this updated every time for me....