From fe704cc133fc9b3e78dedeb047bdef85a083978a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Ahlborn <jtahlborn@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 03:44:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Be more forgiving for input column length. #2788029

git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/jackcess/code/jackcess/trunk@391 f203690c-595d-4dc9-a70b-905162fa7fd2
---
 src/changes/changes.xml                               | 3 +++
 src/java/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/Column.java | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index fb479cb..934d73d 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
       <action dev="jahlborn" type="add">
         Add Query reading support.
       </action>
+      <action dev="jahlborn" type="fix" issue="2788029">
+        Be more forgiving for input column length.
+      </action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.1.18" date="2008-11-08">
       <action dev="jahlborn" type="add">
diff --git a/src/java/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/Column.java b/src/java/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/Column.java
index 437250e..1d45d02 100644
--- a/src/java/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/Column.java
+++ b/src/java/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/Column.java
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ public class Column implements Comparable<Column> {
     }
 
     if(!isVariableLength()) {
-      if(getLength() != getType().getFixedSize()) {
+      if(getLength() < getType().getFixedSize()) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid fixed length size");
       }
     } else if(!getType().isLongValue()) {
-- 
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