Hi Jos,

It's memo feature for REPLACE command.
You can use after REPLACE command PACK MEMO.

MartinaJ

>Hi
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>I have understood that if I open a file containing a memo field in EXCLUSIVE mode that when I replace the memo field with a new content that if I ensure the new content is the same size or larger than what is currently in the memo field that I will avoid memo field bloat. However, I am still getting memo field bloat even when I do this. I am replacing my memo field as follows:
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>REPLACE my_file.memo_field WITH PADR( m.New_Memo_Data, MAX( LEN( my_file.memo_field ), LEN( m.New_Memo_Data ) ), " " )
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>Why do I still get memo field bloat?