It was a limit of Excel back in 1992. "copy to out.xls type xls" limits the rows to 16,383. Of course the morons at Microsoft failed to create an error message when you tried to do it with more records than it can handle.
--- On Wed, 9/1/10, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Stephen Russell <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Foxpro 2.5 has a row limit when exporting to Excel > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 1:24 PM > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:52 AM, > Michael Madigan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Technically an early Excel limit > > > > I tried to export 19000+ records to Excel from foxpro > 2.5 and it stopped at 16,383 > ---------------- > > Isn't that an excel function? Or another reason not > to upgrade your > Office because who would need all those rows anyway. > Just bloatware > right? > > Bad Steve! > > > > -- > Stephen Russell > > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > CIMSgts > > 901.246-0159 cell > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
