>>>Of course, you're right, VFP determines the length of the column based on the first column value. Another solution will be to use
>>>
>>>cast(... as C(10))
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>>Well, I was kind of surprised you didn't think of that
>
>There is a Russian saying:
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>И на старуху бывает проруха
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>:))


And this translates to : The old woman is on the decline ?