>>To prevent this type of problem I use code like this for an ASP page:
>>

>><input style="HEIGHT: 20px;
>>			LEFT: 760px;
>>			POSITION: absolute;
>>			TOP: 5px;
>>			WIDTH: 70px;
>>			FONT-SIZE: 9pt;"
>>			id=txtLogNumber
>>			name=txtLogNumber
>>			value="< % ERROR: =oRS("lognumber") % >"
>>			readonly
>>			maxlength="< % ERROR: =oRS.fields("lognumber").definedsize % >">
>>
>>

>My point to Michael was intended to highlight how sensitive the OLE-DB provider can be rather than point out an specific example.
>
>Thanks for the tip on maxlenght, though.

Yes, I realized that but thought someone might like to know a way to handle a problem as you described. By the way it works for all major back ends. I hate hard coding length and find that to be a bad practice. The guys around here like to change filed lengths too often! :)

Tom