John,

Go back and review message #1136747. The original allocation doesn't matter. If you make memo smaller and then make it bigger by more than what is left in the new smaller block it'll bloat to a new allocation.

Let's see if a picture helps:

<-------- orginal size ----------------->_____| && _ = unused block, | = end of block
<---- new smaller size ---->___|************** && * = unreuseable space
<-------- new bigger size1-->__|************** && this one will still fit so it'll not bloat
<--------- new bigger size2 -----> && this one exceeds the __ unused block so it'll bloat to the end of the file

>Done. Memo bloat still happening. Argh.
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>To summarize:
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>Before any processing of a record occurs, I replaced the contents of the memo field with the memo field plus space equal to 20% of the memo field. I then replaced it back with the original field. Processing then began and the replacement string was never bigger than the original value. Memo bloat occurred.