>>>I have a view on a table. Certain field is a Character type of 30 characters but every time I change to 30 the default of 20 it gives me back to 20.
>>>Why?
>>>Thank you
>>>Eduardo
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>>Are you trying to change the width in the view or the table? You can't change it in the view for local views, this property is ignored. It's really only there for remote views. What are you trying to do?
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>I'm trying to change the width in a remote view. It's already in 30 in the table.
>Thank you

So you say:

?DBSETPROP("MyView.MyField","Field","DataType", "C(30)")

and it returns .F.?

Or it returns .T. and the change doesn't stick?