>Thanks for the suggestion.
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>I would be vary supprised if my web host (SectorLink.com) would allow me to use an third-party, un-tested by them, DLL. But it does hurt to ask them. Or, perhaps they have a solution themselves.

Greg, if the issue is to save space on a web hosters server then imho this is not the road to take at all. The cost to develop and test your own compression routines on your memo fields is probably going to outwiegh just paying for more disk space.

There are third party tools out there which are tried and tested like Compaxion from XiTech, gzip which Dragan mentioned and I use all the time, and other tools. If your hosting service will not let you use them then buy more disk space or find another hoster. Developing your own compression routines from scratch seems like the (very) "hard way".