Hi Fred,

>I know that you know that, but I think it needs to be clarified:
>
>String length = 2GB
>Statement length = 8K

Somehow I must be little bit dense today, sorry. *s* Yes, I should have clarified this, just like I should have clarified that a single string constant can't exceed 254 charecters (as Ken pointed out correctly), which is probably the problem with the select statement here.

Christof