Did you try Cetin's suggestion from Re: SQL Memos Thread #710466 Message #710621? What backend RDBMS are you using? What is exact type of the field on the backend?

>Does anyone know what type of VFP field is mapped to a SQL LONG column? I am trying to download a long memo field from SQL and have VFP put it into a MEMO field, but it puts it into a 254 character field, truncating it.
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>The SQL LONG column has s in it. (Wondering if this could be the problem?)
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>Is there anyway to force VFP to put this field into a MEMO field?
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>thanks in advance

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