>Hi Kids!
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>Does anyone have any idea how to get the data out of a GENERAL field and into file.
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>I've already tried setting a memory variable to the value of the GENERAL field (this throws an error) so I can't then do a STRTOFILE on it. One possible complication is that the data comes from a remote view of a SQL Server table. I already tried copying a row of the table to a real VFP table and that didn't seem to help. Also the data in the field is of varying types (ie; GIF, JPG, BMP).
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>Got any ideas??
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>Hugh

Now you see the reason that General fields are not recommended usage, it's pretty easy to get things into them, but pretty tough to get it out!

I'd recommend you use a binary memo field instead.