>Hi Albert,
>
>>What are these problems?
>
>You get an error message. Try this:
>
>lcString = Replicate("X",17000000)
>
>or
>
>crea cursor Junk (mField M)
>append blank
>replace mField with Replicate("X",9000000)+Replicate("X",9000000)
>
>Christof

The exact limit is 0xffffff - 32, apparently there is a 24 bit limit on the string length field of the underlying structure. I wonder what the -32 is caused by.