When I "query actlog" I get the full text of messages. Some of the hardware error messages go for 3 or 4 lines (on my 132 column window) by the time it lists the sense codes then interprets the sense code. But when I "select * from actlog" the longer messages get chopped off after 2 1/2 lines. Reading Mr. Sims' Quickfacts (thanks again, Richard) I note that the default wide mode is 250 characters, and that would be about right. I know of the trick to "select message as 'message <with 400 spaces>'" but I'm not really happy at the thought of forcing all the messages to report as that long. (And I haven't tried it, but I suspect that ADSM will not be happy with that long of a line either.) Does anyone have another suggestion for getting the complete text of the message out of a "select ... from actlog" or do I need to just go ahead and parse a "query actlog"? Command Line Backup Client Interface - Version 3, Release 1, Level 0.6 Server Version 3, Release 1, Level 2.20 on AIX 4.1.5 and 4.3.2. Thanks, Kai.
