Have you looked at FILETOSTR() and STRTOFILE(); both can handle large strings.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions General Account Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:51 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.
