So the 77th field changes to “Not Defined”? Seems kind of an arbitrary number. I have not heard of this as a bug, but have you checked with Microsoft on this?

Sorry I cannot offer any more information on this. It may be that this is a limitation and your only option for this would be to use SmartList Builder and create a SQL view with the data you want to show.

-Victoria

I did a test today to see just how many were added before the type changed to “Not Defined”. I was able to add 8 windows with 76 total fields. We are adding them through Extender as both the user guide and your instructions in the post above describe. GP v10 SP4

I have never run into this before, but I can’t say that I routinely add several hundred Extender fields to a SmartList, either. How exactly are you adding them? And in what version/build of GP?

-Victoria

Is there a limit to the number of Extender fields you can add to a SmartList or SmartList Builder Object before the Field Type shows as “Not Defined”? I have used Extender and SLB quite a bit and have tried all the troubleshooting advice from the KB article and your article as well, but it seems that only the first several hundred fields (I will have to count exactly how many) when added to Smartlists work fine no matter which Extender windows they come from and the rest show up as “not defined”. Any thoughts or suggestions?

I have not seen this before, not sure what have caused something like this. Do you know if anything was changed or installed on the server?

You could certainly try re-installing GP, or maybe even a repair. If this persists, you may need to talk to GP Support about what’s causing this error.

-Victoria

(a) GetRecordsExtender of form SmartlistBuilder Object
(b) Stringoverflow on set ‘Record Count’ and if click on Debug, we get the same error as above – GetRecordsExtender of form SmartlistBuilder object’, 3830, 4,0,0……

These smartlist were OK all this while.

This only happen on the server but not on other client PC.

What should I do? Is GP corrupted and require reinstallation? I tried all the maintenance work at Smartlist builder such as Refresh Cache, Refresh Smartlist and Check Link.

Seeing the message has the word “Extender”, I also run all the maintenance work on Extender.

But all the above does not help a bit.

Any clue why this happen?

As Naseer has confirmed, Extender Views will not include the Extender notes, only windows. From what I can tell, you are right – all the notes are in EXT00150.

-Victoria

About Extender Notes, yes you are write you cannot create view on those notes through Extender View option. But you can create view through SQLServer.

Thanks

Am I correct that you cannot create an Extender view for Extender notes? This being the case, or other, it appears all details for Extender Notes are housed in the EXT00150 table – please confirm.

Thanks for your valuable support.

Regards

Stu

Thanks for this support. It resolved.

Naseer

I have noticed in GP 10.0 that SmartList does not handle NULLs very well. The way I typically address this is to use SQL views for all my SmartLists and to code around NULLs in SQL using something like:
coalesce(FIELD,'') as StringField
or
coalesce(FIELD,0) as NumberField

-Victoria

Thanks for prompt reply, I appreciate that. I did create a view by adding Extender tables into my previously built view. Result is coming up now, but it is showing some garbage charactors where ever the record is null. Why it is like that?
How can I remove that garbage?

Thanks

I have seen this happen if the Key Fields are not correct. You could also try creating a new Extender View with both the Extender windows and verifying that view still shows data.

-Victoria

I did the same steps but I could not get the result in verion GP 10. Why?

I have a new Smartlist created by using a new Extender View. Smartlist is working fine. But when I add a new Extender window into it, it does not come. Not a single field is appearing.

Can you help me in it?

Thanks

There might be an easier way to do this if you’re using SmartList Builder. Extender has built in functionality to automatically create a SQL view with the Extender data for you, and it can bring in all the actual list values for you instead of having to do this linking manually. Take a look at my post on creating Extender Views for more detail on this.

-Victoria

I went through the steps above, but I’m having a slightly different problem that I’m hoping you can help with. When I use Smartlist Builder, I can access the Extender table and fields that I need. However, there are several data types are being saved in one field (e.g. fabric, path). Field PT_UD_NUMBER saves the value type (3=path, 4=fabric). Field STRGA255 saves the corresponding value. So I need to look-up PT_UD_NUMBER to get my STRGA255 value. Is there a way to complete a look-up in Smartlist Builder.

I have not worked with Extender too much in GP 8.0, but from what I can tell, the functionality should be pretty much the same. Please try it out and let me know if you do find any differences or have any questions on it.

–Victoria

Thanks

Gabriel