LOGTEXT question

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> Behalf Of Robert Haussmann
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 2:19 PM
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> Subject: LOGTEXT question
> 
> When using the LOGTEXT command in filePro 5.6.09R9 (Native ODBC),
> logged entries seem to be truncated after 255 characters.  Is
> there any way (environmental variable?) to overcome this limitation?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bob Haussmann
> Tabor Children's Services Inc.


This does not answer the 255 character question as John Esak's reply covered
that.

If you are running into this problem, I see 2 options.  

The first is to check the size of the write to the logfile and if necessary
loop to create 2 or more entries as needed.

The other option is to create a filepro log file, use wordwrap to break the
text into the number of fields necessary and write to a record in the log
file.  This also make it searchable using fp tools by adding date & time and
any other information you may need.