>Storage is storage, strings, variables, either may wind up being used as a macro substitution -- esp ( if rumor proves true ) next version of Visual Foxpro will come with dynamic methods for objects which will require a lot of code substitution -- probably stored in fields or variables or self - modifying ( truly polymorphic ). Anyway, I did not specifically see the request as anything more or less than limits on storage of one "field" which may or may not precisely mean a field of a table.
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>PS -- do appreciate promptness of your replies.

Just FYI- Ken Levy poked his head in here yesterday and mentioned that the next interim release of VFP will come with the abillity to issue COMPILE at runtime. My guess is that the dynamic methods you speak of will be made possible by this.