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When I add a new field, I select "Short Integer" but the field that is created is a "Long Integer". What is going on?

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04-12-2022 11:48 AM
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EH_Alaska
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UPDATE: I was able to find a work-around. I've put it at the bottom of this post for anyone who experiences this same issue.

 

Hello everyone!

I'm attempting to load a dataset (D1) into another dataset (D2) and need all the field types to match. I am attempting to switch several of the fields in D1 from "Long Integer" to "Short Integer" to match D2's "Short" fields. However, when I go to "Add Field" in D1 and select "Short Integer", the resulting field defaults to "Long Integer". I have no idea why this is happening:

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This change in types is happening directly after creating the field, and I haven't even begun loading new data into it with the Field Calculator. Does anyone know why this is happening? It's frustrating because I performed about 10 of these conversions before noticing this issue. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

SOLUTION:

When creating the field, if the "Precision" value is 5 or more, the field will default to "Long". For me, the default precision value when selecting "Short" was 0, but I had to change it to 4 to get the "Short" type to stay. Hope this helps someone!

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ABishop
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What version of ArcMap?

Amanda Bishop, GISP
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EH_Alaska
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Hi Amanda,

I'm using 10.6.1. I was able to find a solution which I've posted above. 🙂

DanPatterson
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Data types in the DBMS—ArcMap | Documentation (arcgis.com)

depends on the destination table type.  sometimes field types can be remapped to the closest available type.

 


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