Index: src/main/mdo/continuum.xml
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--- src/main/mdo/continuum.xml	(revision 474501)
+++ src/main/mdo/continuum.xml	(working copy)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <type>String</type>
         </field>
-        <field stash.maxSize="8192">
+        <field stash.maxSize="8000">
           <name>description</name>
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <type>String</type>
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <type>String</type>
         </field>
-        <field stash.maxSize="8192">
+        <field stash.maxSize="8000">
           <name>description</name>
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <type>String</type>
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
           <!-- TODO: Because JPOX persists as UTC and pulls back using the local time, we have to take over -->
           <type>long</type>
         </field>
-        <field stash.maxSize="8192">
+        <field stash.maxSize="8000">
           <name>error</name>
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <type>String</type>
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <type>String</type>
         </field>
-        <field stash.maxSize="8192" jpox.column="exceptionstring">
+        <field stash.maxSize="8000" jpox.column="exceptionstring">
           <name>exception</name>
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <type>String</type>
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <type>String</type>
         </field>
-        <field stash.maxSize="8192">
+        <field stash.maxSize="8000">
           <name>comment</name>
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <type>String</type>
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <type>String</type>
         </field>
-        <field stash.maxSize="8192" jpox.column="exceptionstring">
+        <field stash.maxSize="8000" jpox.column="exceptionstring">
           <name>exception</name>
           <version>1.0.0+</version>
           <type>String</type>