with the PADR the lengh is 40, either selecting to cursor or table, but the spaces are there.
VFP 7 SP1

>hmmm < scratching head >
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>What if you SELECT ... INTO TABLE, open the table and MODI STRUCT. What is the width then?
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>For the sake of completeness, what version of VFP and service pack? (Not that I'm aware of any differences).
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>>ah,
>>if I query is ok, but when I query to a cursor is when it gives me the trailing spaces.
>>what can you make of that?
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