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24/06/2001 22:46:32
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24/06/2001 21:36:41
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Steve,
>>Tom,
>>
>>The limitation is actually 255 characters. If you make a to equal 255 characters the function works. At 256 it fails.
>>
>>However, if you make the characters different like this:
>>
>>a=REPLICATE("X",100) + REPLICATE("Y",100)+REPLICATE("Z",100)+REPLICATE("Q",100)
>>
>>?ATC("Q",a)
>>
>>Then the ATC command correctly returns 301.
>>
>>Apparently there is a limitation if the characters are all the same. I'd guess that internalls VFP parses the string to separate 255 length 'sub' stings.
>>
>>
>Hey Doug,
>
>From the docs:
>
>
>It does appear to be a bug...I guess not that many people have had to do case insensitive searches for long strings for it to live this long.
No argument from me but the behavior I encountered leads me to believe that internally the strings are somehow parsed into groups. In my example I exceeded the 300 characters but only by changing the character itself..
Interesting.
>>Tom,
>>
>>The limitation is actually 255 characters. If you make a to equal 255 characters the function works. At 256 it fails.
>>
>>However, if you make the characters different like this:
>>
>>a=REPLICATE("X",100) + REPLICATE("Y",100)+REPLICATE("Z",100)+REPLICATE("Q",100)
>>
>>?ATC("Q",a)
>>
>>Then the ATC command correctly returns 301.
>>
>>Apparently there is a limitation if the characters are all the same. I'd guess that internalls VFP parses the string to separate 255 length 'sub' stings.
>>
>>
>Hey Doug,
>
>From the docs:
>
>
>Both cSearchExpression and cExpressionSearched can be memo fields of any size. >>
>It does appear to be a bug...I guess not that many people have had to do case insensitive searches for long strings for it to live this long.
No argument from me but the behavior I encountered leads me to believe that internally the strings are somehow parsed into groups. In my example I exceeded the 300 characters but only by changing the character itself..
Interesting.
Best,
DD
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DD
A man is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep for that which he cannot lose.
Everything I don't understand must be easy!
The difficulty of any task is measured by the capacity of the agent performing the work.