David.

>It's easiest to just rtrim() the array elements in a loop. VFP is pretty fast (it's nearly as fast as C/C++) for most string operations.

For single native VFP strings commands yes,
but a RTRIM() on a VFP loop into a array no.

Now PC memory is 512/1024/2048MB size.
On VFP9 perhaps it comes removed the limit of the 65000 elements in an Array.

If on VFP9 i put 785000 elements on a array,
the next cycle for trimming the array can require a time similar to the time in order to execute the SELECT.

However, no problem.

Fabio