>>>>>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? ;-)
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>Friday... and my system crushed last night (restoring 1GB database now).

Ed, I know it's early, but I think it's Miller time. LOL