>>I do a Select-SQL to query data from different tables and put it in a cursor to show in a listbox. My problem is if one field is a Memo field and should be shown in the listbox it just writes out Memo instead of the first characters from the memo.
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>>I've tried to do like this with the select but it's not possible:
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>>select substr(memofield, 1, 30)....
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>>Is there any easy way to do a select-sql and show a memo-field in the listbox?
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>>Thanks in prior!
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>>/Mårten
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>You can use Select Left(memofield,10)... I don't know what's happened with SUBSTR(), but it really generates error (bug?).

I believe this is an undocumented "feature". :-) If you SET TALSK OFF, I think you can use the SUBSTR() command in the SELECT but it returns a Memo field which then must be opened. SET TALK ON while using SUBSTR() in which the number of characters specified is longer than the string length generates an error. I think this goes all the way back to FP2.x

Bill