Hi Hilmar, with your answer I have two more questions:
- Is the SQL statement out of limits with 100 fields? I think VFP limit is of 8 KB per statement, which is a lot
- Why does the error go out when I force all rows to be updated?

Thanks,
Javier.

>For a view, VFP generates a SQL statement which you won't see, to update the underlying table. I think that perhaps if you change the update properties of the view to "key fields only", the resulting "internal" SQL statement will be much simpler.
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>This should be more efficient in any case, than the default option.
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>>Hi all,
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>>I have a view in a form that updates a table with 100 fields. The SQL statement is short, as all the fields belong to one table but 2 of them.
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>>When I issue tableUpdate(.t., .f., 'myView'), I get the error "SQL string is too long", and return .F.
>>If I force all rows to be updated with tableUpdate(.t., .t., 'myView'), then I don't get the error.
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>>I don't even know how to debug it to know what's happening inside, and why the error goes away when I force the update.
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>>Any ideas?
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>>TIA,
>>Javier.