maximum dummy field length

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 03:06:17PM -0400, Dennis Malen wrote:
> 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?

Your first graf says you've written this (use of a dummy field... 6000
characters) many times.  Your third graf says you've never used a field
this big before.

Which is it?  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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