view columm size.....

hi,

i 've create a view
one of the column is the result of col1 || col2.....
col1 is 8 char long
col 2 is 4 char long

but my column view is 254 char long........

so i can't UPDATE a 12 char length col using this view a table because
"Length is not equal to length of the target column"

what should i do to force the length of the view column to 12 char?

thanks

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