>>To avoid NULL values in my cursors, I use something like SELECT NVL(MyField,space(len(MyField))). From what I understand, the first record in a SELECT statement determines the field's width. Since memo fields are of varying length, how do I select a memo field without getting a possible NULL value? i.e. SELECT NVL(MyMemoField,space(???))
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>>Thanks
>>Elyse
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>How about:
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>SELECT MAX(LEN(ALLTRIM(MyMemoField))) AS maxlen INTO CURSOR memolen
>lnMaxLen = memolen.maxlen
>USE IN memolen
>SELECT NVL(MyMemoField, SPACE(lnMaxLen)) ...
>

>
>HTH

One more improvement to avoid SQL error:
lnMaxLen = MIN(memolen.maxlen,254)