SharePoint BDC Error: Cannot have more than 30 Parameters for a Method

One thing to be aware of is that the BDC has a hard limit of 30 parameters.  If you use the BDC as designed, you likely will never hit this limit, but if you are trying to implement insert/update functionality you may encounter this little gotcha.  When it happens, you will see the following error message:

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The BDC Meta Man tool has a write-back feature that adds custom actions for inserting and updating.  The tool will create an insert action and an update action, and add a parameter for each selected column.

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Beware of the 30 parameter limit when designing BDC solutions.