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# Error 4203: Values were longer than max\_sort\_length. Sorting used only the first bytes

| Error Code | SQLSTATE | Error                                | Description                                                                           |
| ---------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 4203       |          | WARN\_SORTING\_ON\_TRUNCATED\_LENGTH | %llu values were longer than max\_sort\_length. Sorting used only the first %lu bytes |

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