>yes sir, i just did. unfortunately, putting values in these properties does not solve my problem. i wonder if i can specify a field size in my select statement?
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>but i do not know at run time the lenght of the records of table comments.
For some purposes, it may be convenient to use a fixed size. You can for a fixed size with padr().
For example, padr(MyMemo, 100) will select 100 characters from each memofield. If there are less characters, it will be filled with spaces. If there are more, it will be cut at 100.
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