Hi Alex

You may have gone through to the other side!

Personally, I avoid UDF's in SQL SELECTS, these can produce unexpected results (especially if you are trying to referance an database alias!) UDF's in the SQL can also add to your processing time.

In the example the you give, why would you need to use TRIM(), the fields returned in the cursor are all fixed length? If you are trying to format fields, return the individual fields, then format them after the select is completed as an extra step. Then TRIM and everything else works great.

>Hi,
>
>While using FP DOS I call a UDF from a SQL SELECT. I was surprised to find out that TRIM() does not work seem to work within the function! The code is this:
>
>SELECT FormatData(cX) AS cX FROM xx INTO CURSOR Y
>
>FUNCTION FormatData
>PARAMETER tcData
>lcNewData = ...
>RETURN lcNewData
>
>
>After getting funny results I paused within the function and
>tested through the DEBUG window that TRIM("aa ")+"." is not
>"aa." Does anybody know why? Have I gone through the looking glass?
>
>TIA,
>
>Alex