Matthew Jarvis wrote: >> VFP9SP1 >> >> REPLACE comments with STRTRAN(comments,replicate(['],1000),[]) all in >> MyTable >> > > Have you tried it w/o having VFP doing all the heavy lifting? > > Something like: > > do while not EOF() > > lcString = alltrim(comments) > lcReplaceString = STRTRAN(comments,replicate(['],1000),[]) > > replace comments with lcReplaceString > > enddo > > Just a WAG... > > Matt Jarvis > Eugene, Oregon USA
I guess I wasn't clear. Yes, I tried that. The lcString variable would only hold 16777184 bytes of the 76million byte field. _______________________________________________ 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.

