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>Why such inconsistency? Shouldn't they all return the same?
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>Probably the reason depends on this choice:
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>VFP use the NVARCHAR size for map a char field, but a NVARCHAR require a 2x field space;
>then VFP ( on VFP8 ) it discards the characters at position 2,4,6,...
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>A memo have not a defined lenght.

Your "explanation" doesn't explan anything.