import and dummy field length

[Laura Brody]

On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:12:17 -0500, Dennis Malen <dmalen at malen.com> wrote:

> 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 default limit of the import is 1024. To increase
this, set the environmental variable PFIMPBUF. The value
can be anything between 1024 and 32767 (16-bit systems) or
2147483468 (32-bit).

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