>>I've got an application which will be compiled and distributed to a large number of users (an electronic survey). They'll be installing it on their computers, completing the survey, copying the files back to disk and returning the data to me.
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>>I've got a number of 'free form' questions for which I'm using memo fields to collect the data. What are your thoughts on the use of them? (I'm using VFP 5.0) I remember in old dBase days we tended to avoid memo fields, but was curious what the thinking was on them these days. Are there any special considerations I should keep in mind?
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>Memo fields are a lot easier to manage these days. In the past, when you PACKed a database, it did not pack memo fields. You had to do a COPY TO of the whole file, dump the original, and reload from the COPY. You don't have to do that now. I find myself using them a lot more than I did in the past.

Thanks much. I have had a few run ins with memos in "olden" days so I'm a little hesitant about using them. Not anymore :)

Mandy