maximum dummy field length

[Dennis Malen]

I have created this processing many times. It involves the use of a dummy 
field which captures the length of one string of information which is 6000 
characters in size.

The dummy field is A(6000,*).

When importing a string of information into the dummy field and upon viewing 
the contents of the value of A, it only brings in information up to the 
2,399th position and drops everything else.

This is the first time I am using a dummy field with the length of 6000, but 
that is what we are getting from our client. I could truncate it but will 
that be necessary?

Documentation indicates that a dummy field can have a length of up to 
32,768.

Your thoughts.

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912