MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > 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
A bazillion quote marks, or 1000 like your REPLACE command? Where are the quote marks? After valid data, before valid data, or interspersed? Get the data out of the memo fields, into a temp file, and use low-level file operations to parse the input file into an output file, and finally write the sanitized contents of the output file back into your memo field. Don't ever REPLACE ALL. That shit is downright dangerous. ;) Paul _______________________________________________ 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.
