Have you tried enclosing the memo field with [] at the point you copy it over? It seems to me that enclosing the excessive quote marks would take care of it.
Kristyne McDaniel http://www.shamrocktrails.com/legal/ http://www.mcstyles.com/ Whether you think you can, or you think you can't.... you are right. -- Henry Ford > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software > Solutions General Account > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 7:51 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Variable only holding 16777184 bytes of 76million > byte memo field > > VFP9SP1 > > We've got a scenario where a 3rd party has polluted our memo > fields, and > I'd like to write a cleanup that takes the value of the memo > field and > does a STRTRAN to get rid of garbage. Straight forward > enough, right? > No, VFP is throwing an error saying "String is too long to > fit." So I > check the VFP system capacities and sure enough, that's the > magic number > (16777184). > > What would you advise for Plan B in this case? The memo is basically > polluted with bazillion quote marks. I tried this but it > fails with the > same message: > > REPLACE comments with STRTRAN(comments,replicate(['],1000),[]) all in > MyTable > > > Suggestions? tia! > --Michael > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
