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>>>>Right, I forgot that the length was irrelevant, as long as lname and fname are trimmed.
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>>>If it is not leading spaces, then no trimming is needed. Trailing spaces are unimportant.
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>>For DBF's they are.
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>No they are not. We are talking about SQL, no?

Yes, I meant that trailing spaces must be trimmed when you use SQL syntax against DBFs. (You made me unsure, so I just tested it).