Fw: import and dummy field length

[Dennis Malen]

Thanks Ken!

Dennis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: import and dummy field length


> Quoting Dennis Malen (Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:14:17 -0500):
> [...]
>> >I am on filePro 4.8.14R4 I am using the following import command:
>> >
>> > Then: import ascii acc=/tmp/metrojob.wp r=\n f=\n
>> >
>> > Then: a(1375)=acc(1);aa=mid(a,"589","32")
>> >
>> > I am having trouble reading values over 1024.
>> >
>> > aa=mid(a,"1222","32")
>> >
>> > aa is empty.
>> >
>> > Is there a limitation on the length of a dummy field and if so is
>> > there a way to get around that limitation?
> 
> The limit is on IMPORT, not the field.  See PFIMPBUF for increasing
> the default of 1024.
> 
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