Mark,
Thanks for your answer, at least I know now that I'm not the only one to encounter this problem.

>I had that problem some years ago.
>I think I ended up writing a UDF to return multiple
> bites out of the memo field in convenient page sized chunks.
>
>I I was only able to do this because I knew that there
> was a limit on the size of the memo field that was returned to me.


I'm afraid your solution won't fit here because I haven't got a clue just how many lines the user is going to enter in the memo.



>I expect there is a proper fix to the problem that someone
> will be able to tell you if you keep the thread going long enough.

I sincerely hope so

Many thanks,

Geert