>>>>I need to return the size of a character string in bytes. Is there any function that can help me accomplish this task. I've tried _STRLEN() API but i can't seem to get the correct syntax.
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>>>>Any help is greatly appreciated!
>>>>Thank in advance
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>>>Just check field length: for characted field size=length, e.g. if length=12, size=12 bytes.
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>>One addition, if it's not field but character variable use LEN() function to return length=size.
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>Hey, everyone look! Ed's talking to himself!!
>LOL - too much Big Apple smog? ;-)

Friday... and my system crushed last night (restoring 1GB database now).