I am attempting to update the field length of specific fields through the supported operation, Update Definition. When I attempt to increase the attribute length, I don't receive any errors. But when I used the REST API to check the Feature Layer's fields, the update is not reflected in the 'fields' section. Why isn't this update persisting?
Workflow:
- Access the feature layer page through the ArcGIS REST Administrator Directory
- Scroll to the bottom of the page & click Update Definition
- Change the value of lastEditDate to null
- Change a specific field's attribute length from 60 to 50000
- Click Update Layer Definition
A note on #3; I tried the setting lastEditDate to 0, and lastEditDate to nothing. Setting lastEditDate to nothing produced the error message "Invalid definition for ''. Invalid JSON primitive: .". Setting lastEditDate to 0 did not produce an error, but the REST endpoint didn't update nonetheless.
I wondered if length was being set to a value that exceeded a limit, so I tried setting length from 60 to 59. Unfortunately the REST endpoint didn't update. I tried refreshing the feature layer, but that didn't work either.
Is there something I haven't accounted for in my workflow?
