>Hilmar,
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>The quandry is that in NEITHER case is there data there for it to make this determination.
If you are at EOF, 30 spaces will be used, for instance, for a 30-byte character field.
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>In any case I tried adding a + " " to the expression with STRTRANS and the index was creatable then.
So it seems that zero-length index keys are not acceptable. strtrans(space(1), space(0)) will give you a result of space(0) for a 30-byte character field (if you are at EOF).
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>cheers
Is "cheers" the common way to end a letter/message in Canada? In other English-speeking countries? I see that the people from the US often use "regards".
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
